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Proven Stem Cell Cures Being Thwarted By Politics, Says International Advocate For The Blind
Proven cures for blindness using
adult stem cells are already available, says a noted advocate for the
blind. But these cures are being held back by politics and the use of stem
cells as a wedge issue in election campaigns, she says. Helen J. Harris,
founder and president of RP International in Los Angeles, says that even
though the main controversy revolves around ethical use of embryonic stem
cells, politics has infected the entire scientific field and has had a
chilling effect on adult stem cell applications as well.
Acrimonious political campaigns have spread misunderstanding and
discouraged funding of all stem cell research in the United States, says
Ms. Harris. For example, she points to an adult stem cell transplant
program at a Louisiana State University hospital that was quietly
discontinued in the midst of public political rancor, even though it did
not involve embryonic cells and had already led to a successful
degenerative blindness cure back in 1984, according to Ms. Harris, who had
been personally involved with the project.
Ms. Harris is herself blind, along with two of her sons, from retinitis
pigmentosa. She started RP International more than 20 years ago and has
raised million of dollars for blindness research, especially involving the
Hollywood entertainment industry. Her organization's, annual Vision Awards
honor celebrities, scientists and other notables for outstanding
creativity. The 2006 Vision Awards in Beverly Hills took special note of
adult stem cell research by honoring a patient who was able to regain sight
thanks to the LSU technique after more than 20 years of blindness.
Dr. Gholam Peyman, the surgeon who had performed LSU's first successful
sight-restoring surgery in New Orleans turned to Ms. Harris at the awards
and said, "Helen, had they listened to you and to me in 1984, we might have
cured not only RP but all of these diseases by now. However, since so
little was known about it, science was afraid to take the chance."
The chilling effect has not been limited to the LSU program, Ms. Harris
says, but is a factor holding back research all around, including money
that could go to adult stem cell applications. She cites the case of
California where billions of dollars for stem cell research approved by the
voters in a 2004 ballot initiative are still being held back by two major
lawsuits against the state.
Ms. Harris announced today that her organization -- which is a leader
in promoting education, research, and patient support -- will establish a
new and separate, fund-raising campaign to aid development of adult stem
cell treatments for blindness and other disorders. "I'd love to discuss
with Michael J. Fox and others on all sides of this issue to find common
ground and make sure programs like that at LSU get a chance to help
millions afflicted by degenerative blindness along with other major
disorders," says Ms. Harris.
RP International
http://www.rpinternational.org/index.html
Dovedit de celule stem de vindecari s-au opus fiind de politicã, spune avocat internaþional pentru orbi - Proven Stem Cell Cures Being Thwarted By Politics, Says International Advocate For The Blind - articole medicale engleza - startsanatate