Family Reseach Council Praises the Senate For Passing Cord BloodStem Cell Bill
Posted on: Saturday, 17 December 2005, 00:00 CST
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- This evening, Senator Frist called up and the Senate passed the bi-partisan life-saving cord blood stem cell bill, sponsored by Rep. Chris Smith. The Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 (H.R. 2520) already passed the House in May by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 431-1. However, because the Senate-passed bill has modest changes, the House must pass the amended version before sending it to President Bush for his signature.
Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council, released the following statement: "Though proponents of embryonic stem cell research previously objected to passage of this life-saving bipartisan bill, I applaud the Senate for now passing the cord blood stem cell bill.
"Cord blood stem cells are currently being used to treat patients for a variety of diseases and this bill will increase the number of patients who receive life-saving cures. Senator Frist, Representative Chris Smith, Senator Brownback, and Senator Hatch deserve special praise for their hard work on this bill, as well as members of the Congressional Black Caucus who actively support this bill because cord blood stem cells have treated sickle cell anemia, a condition that largely affects the African American community. The House must now pass this bill immediately and send it to the president's desk."
Studies continue to show, cord blood stem cells have also effectively treated a variety of diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma, myelodysplasia, severe aplastic anemia, genetic diseases of the blood and immune system as well as certain genetic metabolic diseases like adrenoleukodystrophy ("Lorenzo's oil disease"), as well as Krabbe disease and Hurler's disease, genetic neurological diseases that kill infants by the age of 2.
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