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More About Stem Cells

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Background information (Read me first): More quotations What are stem cells? Their properties and potential Overview Quotations Embryonic stem cells Adult stem cells Unethical reporting Can the President's plan work? Types of stem cells: Do adult stem cells have potential? Amniotic stem cells discovered Experimental treatments using embryonic and adult stem cells Ethical and legal implications: A bout extracting new stem cells from embryos Research performed on descendents of stem cells Embryo adoption: a way of handling a miniscule percentage of surplus embryos In opposing stem cell research, are pro-life leaders ignoring the real problems? Methods of obtaining embryonic stem cells with fewer ethical concerns Political activity: Political concerns California stem cell research law, 2002-SEP Missouri amendment, 2006-NOV Recent news: 1998 to 2001-JUNE 2001-JULY to 2001-AUG. 2001-SEPT to 2002-DEC. 2003 and 2004 2005 and 2006 2007 Additional information: Becoming politically active...

Communication To/From My Donor

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Aim at heaven and you will get the earth "thrown in": aim at the earth and you will get neither. — C. S. Lewis (Get a daily wallpaper and quote from www.paperquote.com ) ............... More daily inspirational thoughts. CLICK HERE → Today's PRAYER → MyJournal : 10Oct07 Posting → TODAY All who follow my blog here are aware that I wrote this letter a couple of months ago to my "unknown" donor. Now, a response has arrived, which I am including below: Here is my original letter to the donor: October 9, 2007 My Dear Friend: While our separate identities cannot be shared at this time, I am compelled to write this message and have it forwarded to you through my transplant team in the USA. If you don't already know, your stem cell donation is the reason I am free of the mantle cell lymphoma and on my way to what looks like full recovery. By the time you receive this message, more than 50 days have passed since the SCT . Other than a relatively mild case of GVH (sk...