Op-Ed: Politics and stem cells

December 4, 2006

Candidates who promised to advance stem cell research fared well in last month’s elections. Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said that stem cell therapy has “the biblical power to cure,” and others have touted public funding for stem cell research as key to finding cures for everything from Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis to hundreds of rare immune and genetic disorders. (The Honolulu Advertiser)