Stem Cell Quotes - Page 5

• There is just no sensible, logical reason why we would not make use of stem cell research.

  Arlen Specter

  Cells, Use, Research

  "Senate poised to pass stem cell bill" by The Associated Press, www.nbcnews.com. July 17, 2006.

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• Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, brain and spinal cord disorders, diabetes, cancer, at least 58 diseases could potentially be cured through stem cell research, diseases that touch every family in America and in the world.

  Rosa DeLauro

  Cancer, Alzheimer's, Cells

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• A good person is one who follows the Ten Commandments and the golden rule. There is plenty of precedent in history to guide us and we probably evolved to be sensitive to Bible-Golden Rule situations. But the dilemmas faced by a worker - a journalist, an architect, an auditor - or by a citizen (what position to take on stem cell research, whether to run for office, what is the proper balance between taxation and social nets) - are not questions that can be answered by traditional texts or precedents.

  Howard Gardner

  Running, Cells, Office

  Source: blogs.edweek.org

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• I think that we're foolhardy to not be engaging in federal funding of stem-cell research in the most aggressive way we possibly can.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Thinking, Cells, Research

  "Back on trail, Elizabeth Edwards pushes stem-cell funding". www.cnn.com. March 26, 2007.

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• Well, the American public always wanted to vote for a guy — and Bush was the perfect guy — who they'd want to have over for pot-roast. And George Bush is that guy. He does that well. You'd like to have him over for pot-roast. He reminds you of yourself. Okay. Well, now he's been over, he's had the pot-roast. But he's getting drunk and now he's talking about stem cells and Terri Schiavo and gay marriage. And now he's the guest that won't leave.

  Bill Maher

  Gay, Cells, Perfect Guy

  "Real Time" with Bill Maher, April 29, 2005.

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• If people think that you're throwing babies out, dissecting children, to do stem-cell research, I'm not for that.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Baby, Children, Thinking

  "Back on trail, Elizabeth Edwards pushes stem-cell funding", www.cnn.com. March 26, 2007.

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• I was working with stem cells as part of a NASA programme. We realised that the science of stem-cell proliferation was also fundamental to cancer cells when cancer enters the phase of metastasis.

  Patrick Soon-Shiong

  Cancer, Cells, Phases

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• A stem cell is essentially a blank cell capable of becoming another, more differentiated cell-type in the body, such as a skin cell, a muscle cell or a nerve cell.

  Virginia Foxx

  Cells, Skins, Body

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• I wholeheartedly support umbilical stem cell research, but also support embryonic stem cell research.

  Eliot Engel

  Cells, Support, Research

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• There is a strong religious commitment to the sanctity of human life, but, paradoxically, some of the most fervent protectors of microscopic stem cells are the most ardent proponents of the death penalty.

  Jimmy Carter

  Religious, Strong, Commitment

  Jimmy Carter (2005). “Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis”, p.78, Simon and Schuster

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• An additional concern of leadership is the caution that some members of the nation's stem- cell research community have raised about state investments in this new area of scientific research.

  Joe Donnelly

  Cells, Community, Research

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• Stem cells are probably going to be extremely useful. But it isn't a given, and even if it were, I don't think the end justifies the means. I am not against stem cells, I think it's great. Blanket objection is not very reasonable to me-any effort to control scientific advances is doomed to fail. You cannot stop the human mind from working.

  Joseph Murray

  Failure, Mean, Science

  "A Conversation With: Joseph E. Murray; On Surgical Innovation And The Questions It Can Raise". Interview With Cornelia Dean, www.nytimes.com. September 25, 2001.

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• Scientists have stated that embryonic stem cells provide the best opportunity for devising unique treatments of these serious diseases since, unlike adult stem cells, they may be induced to develop into any type of cell.

  Eliot Engel

  Unique, Opportunity, Cells

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• Adult stem cells are also problematic, as they are difficult to identify, purify and grow, and simply may not exist for certain diseased tissues that need to be replaced.

  Eliot Engel

  Cells, Adults, Needs

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