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[COMMENT:
E. Fox]
November 20, 2007
Washington D.C. - Today, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins
praised the research of Dr. James Thomson and Dr. Shinya Yamanaka. Thomson, the
first to grow human embryonic stem cells, and Yamanaka from Japan, published
results in the journals Science and Cell, respectively, showing that
embryonic-type stem cells can be produced directly from ordinary human skin
cells, without first creating or destroying human embryos
"Today's announcement is an historic achievement, and just as important this
breakthrough was accomplished without the destruction or cloning of human life.
This demonstrates what pro-lifers have been saying since the beginning," Mr.
Perkins said. "It is never necessary to compromise ethics by destroying life
in order to achieve scientific aims."
"Dr. Thomson and Dr. Yamanaka have been able to expand drastically scientific
frontiers while protecting human life. Scientists around the world can now
produce and work with embryonic-type stem cells without concern for crossing
ethical lines involving the destruction of human life."
"These two scientists are to be congratulated for their work, and I applaud
President Bush for holding the ethical line on stem cell research and for
encouraging this type of groundbreaking science.
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