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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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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- October 1, 2008
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To: SCIENCE EDITORS
Contact: Jack Wynn, RSCI Director of Communications, +1-703-623-
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BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Democratic Presidential
Candidate Barack Obamas 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 thats just not true, stated Don
Margolis, Chairman of The Repair Stem Cell Institute
(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 ...