Surprising, but true, at least three elected officials in the U.S. have heard of (and support) adult stem cell research.
During the 1st 2007 Republican Debate 10 candidates were asked about embryonic stem cells and responded by mentioning adult stem cells. Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) said "I have studied tthis matter a great deal. We are curing and healing people with adult stem cells. It is not necessary to kill a human life for us to heal people, and we are doing it with adult stem cell work and it's getting done."
Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA) said: "I would like to show the alternatives.....which are adult stem cells."
Tommy Thompson, former Wisconsin Governor and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services from Feb 2001 to Jan 2005 added: "There is research going on right now at the Waisman Center in Madison, Wisconsin, thats going to allow for adult stem cells to become pluripotent, which will have the same characteristics of embryonic stem cells. So you do not have to kill an embryo."
It's great to know that some people in high places are at least informed and can lead from knowledge not ignorance or because of influence from powerful lobby groups.
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