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Article: Lame claims for embryonic stem-cell research.(Between The Lines)
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- The New American
- Article date:
- November 15, 2004
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ITEM: The October 12 Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa) reported that Sen. John Edwards lauded Christopher Reeve's attempts to expand embryonic stem-cell research. Edwards vowed that, if elected, "We will do stem cell research. We will stop juvenile diabetes, Parkinson's, Alzheimer' s and other debilitating diseases.... People like Christopher Reeve will get out of their wheelchairs and walk again with stem cell research."
ITEM: The October 11 Chicago Tribune reported that President Bush "prohibited use of federal money for research on embryonic stem-cell lines created after August 9, 2001.... "
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