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Re: Stemcells, a cure and ethics


Likely they would until their symptoms became so difficult and their lives
so limited.  Maybe we should get tough with these people and refuse them
access to the "cure."  Oh, this last is my personal opinion and not the
opinion of the Parkinson's Disease Foundation

Jeanne Lee-Rosner
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----- Original Message -----
From: KF Etzold <etzold@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 1:26 PM
Subject: Stemcells, a cure and ethics


> There are people on this forum who oppose the use of stem cells derived
> from Human Embryos for research on a cure for PD, mostly on religious
> grounds. Suppose a cure becomes available based on these cells, developed
> in a foreign country (because it cannot legally be done in the US).
> This is a result which is certainly plausible and feasible.
>
> Would the people who oppose the research refuse the cure?
>
> K-F Etzold
>


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