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Bush's Stem-Cell Policy

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Bush Administration Pushes First National Stem-Cell Bank
WASHINGTON -- The government plans to open a "national bank" to better grow the only embryonic stem cells eligible for government-funded research, holding firm against critics who want Bush administration restrictions on the controversial cells lifted. In addition, the National Institutes of Health plans to spend $18 million over four years to establish three "centers of excellence" to speed research on the currently available cell lines. "The president's embryonic stem cell policy holds tremendous and yet-untapped potential," Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson wrote in a letter to be sent to members of Congress on Wednesday. "Before anyone can argue that the stem cell policy should be broadened, we must first exhaust the potential" of currently available lines.

U.S. House Presses on Stem Cell Research Funding (H. R. 4682)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government would fund embryonic stem cell research under legislation introduced in Congress on Wednesday. Republican and Democrat members of the House of Representatives joined forces to introduce a bill that would require the Health and Human Services Department to press ahead with funding the research. -- Editor's note: In August 2001, President George W. Bush kicked open the door for federal funded human embryo research and allowed the marketing of aborted baby parts for fetal-tissue research to continue unabated. During this election cycle, Bush refuses to expand the use of federal funds for "work" on embryonic stem cells. But after the election, pro-life insiders expect, the lameduck Bush administration to allow even more federal funding to kill human embryos for stem cell research.

Pro-life quiz
WHAT YEAR WAS IT?
As president, Ronald Reagan banned federal funding for any biomedical research that used fetal tissue. What year was it when President G.W. Bush kicked open the door allowing human embryo research reversing Reagan's fetal tissue policy? It was August 9, 2001 -- (Read: Remarks by the President on Stem Cell Research, The Bush Ranch Crawford, Texas)

Bush's *After Election* Stem Cell Policy
Senate Vote on Stem Cell Policy Not Likely
WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Monday it is unlikely the Senate will vote this year to relax Bush administration rules on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, despite widespread support in the Senate. Frist, a heart-lung transplant surgeon, did not express his own views on the topic but said stem cell research was too sensitive a matter to confront so close to the November elections.

What Does 'First Lady' Say About Husband?
State's doctors endorse Bush on Stem Cell Research,
Lowering medical malpractice awards to injured patients
First lady Laura Bush told a group of cheering doctors Monday that her husband would make health care more accessible and affordable by pushing for limits on medical malpractice awards. She also said that despite what they might have heard, "The president supports stem cell research." However, she said, her husband knows "this is an issue with moral implications that must not be treated lightly." This was the first time the medical society has endorsed a presidential candidate, said Langhorne hematologist Dr. Marilyn Heine, who introduced the first lady. As about 300 doctors and nurses chanted "four more years!" and waved "Save Our Doctors" and Bush-Cheney '04 signs, the first lady touted her husband's accomplishments in office and promised he would continue to support medical malpractice reform.

Pro-Abort Republican Congressman Resigns to Take Biotechnology Job
Bucks County Republican Rep. James C. Greenwood, was named the next president of the Biotechnology Industry Organization on Thursday. The industry trade group -- based in Washington -- represents more than 1,000 small and large companies, as well as academic and research centers, that are involved in using biotechnology to develop medical, agricultural, industrial and environmental products. Congressman Greenwood Named Next BIO President

Pentagon Bankrolls Swedish Human Embryo Stem-Cell Study
STOCKHOLM -- The Pentagon has granted $240,000 to a Swedish team for embryonic stem-cell research linked to Parkinson's disease, despite [the U.S. government's limit on using federal tax dollars] on stem-cell research. In a statement, Lund University in southern Sweden said the U.S. Department of Defense was supporting the Swedish Parkinson's study because the findings could be used to treat similar neurological illnesses caused by battlefield toxins. The Swedish research, using human embryonic stem cells, will focus on ways to prompt the cells to develop into the type of nerve cells deficient in the brains of patients with Parkinson's. The disease causes tremors, muscle rigidity and slow movement in its sufferers and is currently incurable.

Bush's FDA Mulling Permission for use of Embryonic
Stem Cells in Humans Despite Previous Catastrophes
MENLO PARK -- Geron, a California-based biotechnology company has applied to the FDA for permission to begin using stem cells derived from human embryos for research into spinal cord injuries. The research would focus on using the cells in animal trials, for early stage spinal cord damage, and the company says they expect to move on to human trials sometime in 2006 or 2007. The Wall Street Journal reports that the FDA is considering the application while stipulating that the research concentrate on animal trials until "safety" can be assured for human trials.

Posted by Editor at August 20, 2004 03:03 AM