Stem Cell Quotes - Page 3

• The reason the Democrats are so intent on passing a stem-cell bill is they're depending on the research to grow themselves a spine.

  Will Durst

  Cells, Research, Bills

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• I started my career as a surgeon 25 years ago. But it turned out that I am not talented as a surgeon, so I decided to change my career. But I still feel that I am a doctor. So my goal, all my life, is to bring this stem-cell technology to the bedside.

  Shinya Yamanaka

  Technology, Doctors, Cells

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• Cord blood stem cell units have been shown to be a suitable alternative to adult bone marrow for the treatment of many diseases, including sickle cell anemia.

  Nathan Deal

  Cells, Blood, Adults

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• Britain should be the world's number one center for genetic and stem cell research, building on our world leading regulatory regime in the area.

  Gordon Brown

  Cells, Numbers, Our World

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• WikiLeaks will not comply with legally abusive requests from Scientology any more than WikiLeaks has complied with similar demands from Swiss banks, Russian offshore stem-cell centers, former African kleptocrats, or the Pentagon.

  Julian Assange

  Cells, Freedom Of Speech, Wikileaks

  "No Secrets". The New Yorker, www.newyorker.com. June 9, 2010.

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• So here you have Barack Obama going in and spending the money on embryonic stem cell research. Eugenics.

  Glenn Beck

  Eugenics, Cells, Research

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• I think that support of this [stem cell] research is a pro-life pro-family position. This research holds out hope for more than 100 million Americans.

  Orrin Hatch

  Life, Hope, Science

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• Well, there are two kinds of stem cells: adult stem cells, which you can get from any part of a grown body, and embryonic stem cells. These are the inner- core of days-old embryos that can develop into any kind of cell.

  Mort Kondracke

  Cells, Two, Adults

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• I am opposed to both cloning and the destruction of human embryos and adamantly opposed to funding of embryonic stem cell research.

  Sandy Adams

  Cells, Cloning, Research

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• Millions of American families affected by debilitating diseases have new hope today after the U.S. House passed legislation to support potentially life-saving stem cell research.

  Nancy Johnson

  Cells, House, Support

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• if you search the bible, you will find no reference to birth control or gay marriage, and you will not find a word, strangely, about stem cell research. I have searched.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Bible, Gay, Cells

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• One of the first papers I wrote at the University of Wisconsin, in 1977, was on stem cells. I realized that if I changed the environment that these cells were in, I could turn the cells into bone, and if I changed the environment a bit more, they would form fat cells.

  Bruce H. Lipton

  Cells, Paper, Wisconsin

  "FINDING MY RELIGION / Bruce Lipton, cell biologist and author of "The Biology of Belief," says it's our beliefs, not our DNA, that control our biology". Interview with David Ian Miller, www.sfgate.com. November 14, 2005.

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• You know, in America, Christian fundamentalism vs. science. You know, be it teaching Darwinian evolutionary theory or stem cell res- You know, the whole thing, and then the issue of women being educated in Middle Eastern - I mean, it just seems so contemporary. In terms of spirituality, it's interesting because I actually think (her character in Agora) Hypatia is very spiritual.

  Rachel Weisz

  Christian, Spiritual, Teaching

  Source: collider.com

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• The American people overwhelmingly want our troops out of Iraq. They want the federal government to take real and immediate action to combat global warming and to significantly expand support for stem cell research. Democrats almost unanimously support the people's wishes onthese crucial issues. Republicans don't.

  Al Gore

  Real, Government, Cells

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• For the liver, what's so interesting is that there's no stem cell in the liver. So the normal liver actually can regenerate. It's one of the only organs in the human body that can do this, and we've known this since the time of Greek mythology.

  Sangeeta N. Bhatia

  Cells, Interesting, Greek

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I will work and fight for stem cell research.

  Mitt Romney

  Fighting, Cells, Research

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• Throughout our lifetimes we are constantly regenerating new brain cells in the hippocampus, a process called neurogenesis. New stem cells are constantly being born in the hippocampus that ultimately differentiate into fully functional neurons.

  David Perlmutter

  Cells, Brain, Neurons

  "Becoming a Memory Champion?" by David Perlmutter, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 24, 2013.

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• I have faith, as I did when I announced my stem-cell decision in 2001, that science and ethics can coexist.

  George W. Bush

  Cells, Decision, Religion

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• We have a lot to gain through furthering stem cell research, but medical breakthroughs should be fundamentally about saving, not destroying, human life. Therefore, I support stem cell research that does not destroy the embryo.

  Michael Steele

  Cells, Support, Doe

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• The use of fetuses as organ and tissue donors is a ticking time bomb of bioethics.

  Arthur Caplan

  Fetus, Use, Bombs

  "Help From The Unborn Fetal-cell" by Joe Levine, content.time.com. June 24, 2001.

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• The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act would expand research on embryonic stem cells by increasing the number of lines stem cells that would be eligible for federally funded research.

  Steve Israel

  Cells, Numbers, Would Be

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• Ah, if only the best place for storing embryonic stem cells was Yucca Flat.

  James Lileks

  Cells, Politics, Best Place

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• Embryonic stem cell research wears no political stripes - it is embraced by conservatives, liberals, Democrats, Republicans, and Independents.

  Diana DeGette

  Cells, Political, Stripes

  "Another Opportunity for President Bush To Do The Right Thing" by Rep. Diana DeGette, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 12, 2007.

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• It is my hope that the number of stem cell lines available for federally-funded research will be expanded so that the government can continue to participate in this vital research and provide hope to the millions of Americans with diseases that might be cured.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Government, Cells, Numbers

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• Conservatives and companies condoned Rush Limbaugh's 2006 attacks on Michael J. Fox for campaigning about stem cell research.

  Christine Pelosi

  Cells, Research, Foxes

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