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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Family
Foundation [mailto:FamilyFoundation@familyfoundation.org]<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:50 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Art Kelly<BR><B>Subject:</B>
Information Alert: More breakthroughs with adult stem cells<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Victoria
Cobb, President<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Wednesday,
August 27, 2008<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: small"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Information
Alert: More breakthroughs with adult stem
cells</SPAN></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Headlines
in the <A
href="http://www.votervoice.net/link/clickthrough/ext/2233.aspx">Washington
Post today hailed yet another new discovery in the use of
adult stem cells, again bringing into question the need to
destroy human embryos to find cures for
disease</A>.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Researchers
at Harvard University successfully transformed one type of
adult stem cell into another type – inside living mice.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The article announces,
“The feat, published online today by the journal Nature,
raises the tantalizing prospect that patients suffering from
not only diabetes but also heart disease, strokes and many
other ailments could eventually have some of their cells
reprogrammed to cure their afflictions without the need for
drugs, transplants or other therapies.”<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Since
stem cells were first discovered in the late 90s, scientists
have speculated that they could be used to produce cures for a
multitude of diseases.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Unfortunately, some in the scientific community
continue to insist on destroying living human beings in
embryonic form in this effort.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That research,
however, has yet to produce a single success.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In fact, not only have
no cures been found resulting from the destruction of human
embryos, there haven’t been any successes in any area of
science using those stem cells.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Recently,
Stanford researchers published results that verify once again
that embryonic stem cells are rapidly rejected by the immune
system, a problem that has plagued the use of human embryo
research since its inception. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">On
the other hand, scientists have had spectacular results using
adult stem cells – readily available with no destruction of
human life.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Dozens of treatments for disease are already being used
on human patients, and with new discoveries like the one
announced yesterday, the promise of adult stem cell research
continues to grow.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">So,
you may ask, why do politicians continue to insist on using
taxpayer dollars to fund failed research while other research
is finding grand success?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Unfortunately,
the political debate over stem cell research is not based on
science or fact – it has been hijacked by abortion radicals
and liberal politicians to be used as a wedge issue, placing
the health and well-being of millions of citizens in jeopardy
to win a political debate.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">It
is simply time to stop funding failed research with taxpayer
dollars!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We at
The Family Foundation will, once again in 2009, come to the
General Assembly with budget amendments eliminating the use of
your money for failed research.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Our hope is that real
scientific breakthroughs like the once announced yesterday
will actually be heeded by those in office.</SPAN><BR><BR><BR>
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