Well, Thank The-Powers-That-Be that President Obama reversed the federal ban on stem cell research funding, thus allowing the NIH/NCI to proceed with their research. And there is still the option for some people to go abroad, where people see medical science as a tecnological advancement of society, rather than a moral/ethical question. Maybe something good can come out of China or India and we can buy that technology from them...China and India already own us in every other technological area, so why not medical science?

I lived in Omaha for 4 years, I graduated from high school there, I did two years at the University of Nebraska....now I remember why I left.

(For the sake of clarification, my previous comment was not meant to imply that I did not enjoy my time in Nebraska.)

Politicians should note how pragmatic voters become when their own health is at stake. For example:

**About 98% of our sexually active population have used artificial congtracption.
**About a third of American women (including a third of Catholic and fundamentalist women) have an abortion during their reproductive lives.
**Most Americans receive vaccinations for viral diseases, oblivious to or accepting the fact that fetal-cell cultures were used in their development. These include polio, smallpox, rubella, hep-A and rabies vaccines.

When embryonic stem-cell therapies become available, even on an experimental basis, voters will be demanding them at federal expense.

While stem cell research may yeild some interesting results, I beleive that by in large it is more hype and political fuel than actual promise.
There are other avenues of tissue regeneration technology, as well as deep and important studies into MicroRNA that require funding to make forward progress as well.
To focus on this one issue is like picking up a flea off the back of an elephant and declaring it the most important part. It is but one tiny bit.
In any case, thank you for posting.

Despite some great people Nebraska is at the forefront of Flat Earth thinking, rooted in isolation (check da map) lack of education, lack of actual exposure to other types of people and rational thinking.

Americans need to open their eyes and realize the rest of the World is not still caught up in the Reformation. By limiting research they look like complete fools to everyone else, especially those at the forefront of this Work.

We are Americans in Hawaii, we are also Asian. Asians are light years ahead of the US, yet poor USA folks just can't take a look at themselves from anothers perspective.

Our beloved late Uncle Don Ho proved this point YEARS ago, and added years to his life after being told he had a month to live:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1684883/posts

This is old hat around the world, Wake Up Nebraska Regents!

Your primitive religious beliefs continue to stop humans from evolving the way we need to in order to find your all important God, wherever she may be ...

AUWE