Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 09:03:27 -0400 From: "Peter Pflaum" <wiredbrain@earthlink.net> To: "The Rev. John Liebler" <frjohn@cfl.rr.com> Subject: Re: CNN.com - Sen. Frist backs embryonic stem cell research - July 19, 2001 Message-ID: <001601c1111d$7c9be5c0$1e44bfa8@pflaump> References: <MHELIAEKBNAAGOHHEIMPOEGDCGAA.frjohn@cfl.rr.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "The Rev. John Liebler" <frjohn@cfl.rr.com> To: "Peter Pflaum" <wiredbrain@earthlink.net> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 10:03 PM Subject: CNN.com - Sen. Frist backs embryonic stem cell research - July 19, 2001 > These seem reasonable enough, don't they? No maybe 8 of the 10 but these rules come from transplants of the spare parts of brain dead people to others that need them. It assumes that all human living matter, protoplasm, bioplasm, ectoplasm, tissue, living tissue macromolecule, bioplast cell, unicellular organism, have a soul, spirit - true of frogs and fish and our poodles ? How about blood donors ? The problems is with No. 2 - we can use them but we can't be involved with derivation -but can use them. The goal here is to produce cells on a large scale that will replace ones that are not working - cloning of cells not people ( putting DNA from the patient into the cells so they fit better ) many cells lines need to exist because these cells reproduce endlessly while adult cells do not. BUT we can agree on this and move on. As soon as there are active treatments for major problems it can't be put back in the bottle. America is not the world and it will spread at the speed of light. I don't know how the drug companies will control cells but they will figure out a way. > > A senior aide to Frist outlined 10 conditions on which his support is based: > -- A ban on the creation of embryos for research purposes > -- A continued funding ban on "derivation," meaning federal dollars could be > spent to research embryos and stem cells only obtained through private > funding > -- A ban on human cloning > -- An increase in government funding for adult stem cell research > -- A restriction on funding for embryonic stem cell research only in the > earliest embryonic stage > -- A rigorous "informed consent" rule modeled on those now in place for > organ donation, giving donors the right to decide whether to put the embryo > up for adoption or to discard the embryo. If the donor chooses to discard > the embryo, he or she must approve the embryo's use for research. > -- A limit on the number of stem cell "lines" taken from each embryo in > order to minimize bio-ethical problems > -- A new public research oversight mechanism that would establish public > research guidelines, including a national research registry > -- An ongoing scientific and ethical review by The Institute of Medicine and > the creation of an independent presidential advisory panel to review the > bio-ethical implications of stem-cell research. The review would also > require the secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress > annually on the status on federal grants for stem cell research. > -- Strengthen and harmonize embryonic research restrictions to mirror fetal > tissue research restrictions > > > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/07/18/stem.cell/index.html > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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