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Article: Obama Stem Cell Ad Ignores 'Adult Stem Cell' Diabetes Treatments, says Repair Stem Cell Institute Spokesman.
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- October 1, 2008
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BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama's political advertisement focusing on "stem cell research" and using the mother of a child with juvenile diabetes "implies there are currently no stem cell therapies available for someone with this disease and that's just not true," stated Don Margolis, Chairman of The Repair Stem Cell Institute (http://www.repairstemcells.org/) based in Bangkok, Thailand. The Obama ad features a mother, Jody Montgomery, who says in the commercial: "My name is Jody Montgomery and my daughter Maddy was diagnosed with type 1 juvenile diabetes at age 3. Six times a day, I take her blood. Six times a ...