Interesting... I have a few questions, unless you're just spamming
us. Because you seem to cover a lot of territory... and you just
joined the group today... so it appears that you might just be a
spammer.

How exactly does this help people with Spina Bifida, which is a birth
defect and not a spinal cord injury? Can you give us more specifics?
Is there promise of improved function for people with SB through stem
cell therapy? Where can we get more info on the study and results (Is
there a Web link you can give us)?

Do you actually have or know anyone with Spina Bifida? Or do you
represent a lobby group or a biotech company that would serve to
profit from our action? Do you live in North Carolina? Or are you
just passing through?

I'm not sure we're about political action here... unless that's what
everyone else wants. Because if we are, we should act to make our
voices heard about the NC Budget Crisis and the cutting of Medicaid
benefits to people that live here! That hits my family -- what about
anyone else?

Thanks!

Mike


--- In sbaofnc@y..., "curesnow" <no1899@e...> wrote:
> North Carolina raise your voice for cures:
>
> Do you think that our government should allow its citizens to use
> the most promising technology available to create cures and
> therapies for ALS, cancer, heart disease, Parkinson's,
> Alzheimer's, diabetes, macular degeneration, spinal cord injury,
> auto-immune or neurological diseases?
>
> Do you live in one of the following 12 states?
>
> Do you know anybody in any of these states you could forward
> this letter to? (these links lead you to a petition. If you
already
> know you oppose Brownback s1899, go and sign! Otherwise,
> skip past and read on!)
>
> -COLORADO
> http://www.petitiononline.com/colorado/petition.html
>
> -VIRGINIA http://www.petitiononline.com/warner/petition.html
>
> -GEORGIA http://www.petitiononline.com/georgia/petition.html
>
> -INDIANA http://www.petitiononline.com/indiana/petition.html
>
> -TEXAS http://www.petitiononline.com/texas/petition.html
>
> -TENNESSEE http://www.petitiononline.com/tenn/petition.html
>
> -NEW MEXICO
> http://www.petitiononline.com/newmex/petition.html
>
> -ARIZONA http://www.petitiononline.com/arizona/petition.html
>
> -NORTH CAROLINA
> http://www.petitiononline.com/ncarolin/petition.html
>
> -MAINE http://www.petitiononline.com/maine/petition.html
>
> -MONTANA http://www.petitiononline.com/montana/petition.html
>
> -OREGON http://www.petitiononline.com/oregon/petition.html
>
> Your voice needs to be heard!
>
> There is a bill before the senate (Brownback/Landrieu Bill,
> s1899) that for the first time in the history of our nation would
> criminalize an important avenue of scientific research. A small
> but powerful group of religious fundamentalists is dangerously
> close to passing this bill which would put scientists in jail for
> doing life-saving research.
>
> We need to tell our Senators to vote against this bill.
>
> Now here comes the science part:
>
> What is this new science? It's called Somatic Cell Nuclear
> Transfer (SCNT), sometimes referred to as therapeutic cloning
> or research cloning. The process is simple: they would take one
> of your cells and put it into an
> unfertilized egg. This would produce stem cells that could be
> used to
> regenerate damaged tissue.
>
> We are all opposed to reproductive cloning (making babies).
> That should be
> illegal. There is a bill that would ban reproductive cloning but
> allow life saving research.
>
> Forty Nobel Laureates have signed a letter in support of SCNT.
> America's
> most respected scientific organization, the National Academy of
> Science,
> supports the continuation of embryonic stem cell research and
> SCNT, as
> does every major scientific or medical organization that has
> taken a position on the subject.
>
> The really scary part:
>
> If the Brownback Bill passes, not only would scientists be fined
> and face
> up to ten years imprisonment, YOU COULD TOO. If they develop
> a cure in one
> Of the many foreign countries that are now pursuing this
> research and you
> went there to be treated, you could be fined and jailed when you
> returned to
> the United States.
>
> For more information please refer to the following web sites:
> www.nih.gov,
> www.stemcellfunding.org, or the site from which this letter
> originates:
> www.CuresNow.org. This letter is not asking you for money; it is
> asking
> you to educate yourself and it is asking you to give the most
> powerful thing
> you possess: your voice.
>
> Please sign the petition to urge your Senator to say NO to this
> bill.
> Please send this letter to everyone you know in your state and
> everywhere
> So that they may have the chance to decide to raise their voice in
> the fight
> for science.
>
> PLEASE REMEMBER TO FORWARD THIS LETTER TO
> EVERYONE YOU KNOW AFTER YOU HAVE
> GONE TO THE SITE TO SIGN THE PETITION!
> This only works if you push it along!
>
> -TENNESSEE http://www.petitiononline.com/tenn/petition.html
>
> -VIRGINIA http://www.petitiononline.com/warner/petition.html
>
> -INDIANA http://www.petitiononline.com/indiana/petition.html
>
> -TEXAS http://www.petitiononline.com/texas/petition.html
>
> -COLORADO
> http://www.petitiononline.com/colorado/petition.html
>
> -NEW MEXICO
> http://www.petitiononline.com/newmex/petition.html
>
> -ARIZONA http://www.petitiononline.com/arizona/petition.html
>
> -GEORGIA http://www.petitiononline.com/georgia/petition.html
>
> -NORTH CAROLINA
> http://www.petitiononline.com/ncarolin/petition.html
>
> -OREGON http://www.petitiononline.com/oregon/petition.html
>
> -MAINE http://www.petitiononline.com/maine/petition.html
>
> -MONTANA http://www.petitiononline.com/montana/petition.html