The use of fetal tissue increases the likelihood of finding treatment and cures. The use of fetal tissue provides EFFICIENT use of taxpayer dollars used to find treatment and cures.
How do Republicans justify deaths that occur that can be averted with fetal tissue research? Tell living Americans they can die because the vital research needed to find treatments and cures for their disease didn't occur or didn't occur fast enough. Say that from Republican platforms. I want to hear it. I want to hear how Republicans are going to say to Americans their diseases will not be cured or treated IN TIME to save their lives. Go ahead. Victimize all those involved in saving American lives. Go ahead. But, be sure the TRUTH is told and not Republican talking points that isolate facts for their rhetoric. Go ahead.
August 11, 2015
By Collin Brinkley
Boston — The furor on Capitol Hill (click here) over Planned Parenthood has stoked a debate about the use of tissue from aborted fetuses in medical research, but U.S. scientists have been using such cells for decades to develop vaccines and seek treatments for a host of ailments, from vision loss and neurological disorders to cancer and AIDS.
Anti-abortion activists set off the uproar by releasing undercover videos of Planned Parenthood officials that raised questions of whether the organization was profiting from the sale of fetal tissue. Planned Parenthood has denied making any profit and said it charges fees solely to cover its costs.
University laboratories that buy such cells strongly defend their research, saying tissue that would otherwise be thrown out has played a vital role in lifesaving medical advances and holds great potential for further breakthroughs.
Fetal cells are considered ideal because they divide rapidly, adapt to new environments easily and are less susceptible to rejection than adult cells when transplanted.
“If researchers are unable to work with fetal tissue, there is a huge list of diseases for which researchers would move much more slowly, rather than quickly, to find their cause and how they can be cured,” Stanford University spokeswoman Lisa Lapin said in an email....
How do Republicans justify deaths that occur that can be averted with fetal tissue research? Tell living Americans they can die because the vital research needed to find treatments and cures for their disease didn't occur or didn't occur fast enough. Say that from Republican platforms. I want to hear it. I want to hear how Republicans are going to say to Americans their diseases will not be cured or treated IN TIME to save their lives. Go ahead. Victimize all those involved in saving American lives. Go ahead. But, be sure the TRUTH is told and not Republican talking points that isolate facts for their rhetoric. Go ahead.
August 11, 2015
By Collin Brinkley
Boston — The furor on Capitol Hill (click here) over Planned Parenthood has stoked a debate about the use of tissue from aborted fetuses in medical research, but U.S. scientists have been using such cells for decades to develop vaccines and seek treatments for a host of ailments, from vision loss and neurological disorders to cancer and AIDS.
Anti-abortion activists set off the uproar by releasing undercover videos of Planned Parenthood officials that raised questions of whether the organization was profiting from the sale of fetal tissue. Planned Parenthood has denied making any profit and said it charges fees solely to cover its costs.
University laboratories that buy such cells strongly defend their research, saying tissue that would otherwise be thrown out has played a vital role in lifesaving medical advances and holds great potential for further breakthroughs.
Fetal cells are considered ideal because they divide rapidly, adapt to new environments easily and are less susceptible to rejection than adult cells when transplanted.
“If researchers are unable to work with fetal tissue, there is a huge list of diseases for which researchers would move much more slowly, rather than quickly, to find their cause and how they can be cured,” Stanford University spokeswoman Lisa Lapin said in an email....
