www.stemcellaction.org

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www.stemcellaction.org

The Stem Cell Action Network is a grassroots, volunteer group of patients and their families and friends.

Stem Cell Action Network joins with our nation's scientific and medical associations and institutes in supporting stem cell research, including somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), because it is safe, ethical, and therapeutically promising. This research has the potential to cure many so-called "hopeless" childhood and adult medical conditions, including Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, juvenile diabetes, M.S., A.L.S. and spinal cord injury.

Those who oppose this life-saving research are well funded and politically determined to stop this research. They believe that cells in a Petri dish, invisible to the unaided eye, should be shown more respect and concern than our loved ones -- suffering human beings who are precious to us. The opposition speaks out forcefully, lobbies effectively, and gets out the vote in favor of candidates who support their misinformed anti-research agenda.

Those of us who support this research have often remained silent. It is high time that we get organized and that our voices are heard. Across America, we are building a community that favors embryonic stem cell research and we will petition, educate, and vote to advance this humane, lifesaving work.

Our new project is the First International Stem Cell Action Conference. Please read the Stem Cell Research Pledge, and join us in conveying a message to candidates for political office about the importance that stem cell research has for you. If you or a family member is directly affected by one of the many diseases or conditions this research may benefit (Alzheimer's, A.L.S., juvenile diabetes, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, Parkinson's, etc.), click on Portraits of Hope and send us your personal story and photo -- we will be pleased to post your portrait on our Portraits page. Join us in putting a human face on this issue.

You can also help by telling friends and family about this website, and by educating them about why stem cell research is so important. Our Stem Cell Education page provides a basic description -- in simple, non-technical terms -- of the research and its therapeutic potential. There are at least 100 million people in this country who suffer from medical conditions that stem cell research might cure. Gathering and empowering this enormous constituency brings us closer to the day when this research fulfills its promise of saving lives.

"Together we stand, divided we fall..."