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Adult Stem Cell Successes:
Patients and Doctors to Speak Out

WHEN: Thursday, July 26, 2007 @ 10 AM ET

WHAT: The U.S. Senate is expected very soon to attempt an override of President Bush’s veto of the bill to force taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research. Patients from around the world who have been successfully treated with adult stem cells will be joining the news conference. Doctors will discuss the impact of their work and how adult stem cell research holds the most promise in treating patients.

WHO:

  • Stephen Sprague has been completely free of his leukemia since his cord blood stem cell treatment almost 10 years ago.

  • Eight years ago, Doug Rice was told he had two years left to live with congestive heart failure. He was successfully treated with his own adult stem cells that were injected into his heart.

  • Dr. Amit Patel, a doctor with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, has treated numerous patients for heart damage with adult stem cells.

  • Dr. Julio Voltarelli, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, has successfully treated Juvenile (Type I) diabetes patients with their own adult stem cells.

  • Prof. Francisco Silva, Vice President of Research and Development for PrimeCell Therapeutics, has been involved in studies using adult stem cells to treat patients with heart damage and spinal cord injury.

WHERE: National Press Club (Lisagor Room)

Posted by Joe Carter on July 23, 2007 3:11 PM |
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Comments (1)

[Tracy B Ann] says:

Here's the part that has me confused...

If every life is valuable and a cell is considered life, why is no one protesting at the fertility clinics where eggs are disposed of every week?

Why aren't organized groups gathering around these buildings across the country and protesting the destruction of these cells?

That's what has me flumoxed.

To my knowledge no one has proposed the idea of harvesting eggs from women against their will. I hate the way this sounds but what has been proposed is that the scientist's be able to use the trash.

Yeah, I know that sounds bad, but these cells are destroyed every week. And no good comes from it.

As long as the eggs are there, why not use them?

July 26, 2007 11:54 AM | Comment Permalink

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