Mark Rouleau (25 July 2007)
"Adult Stem Cell Successes: Patients and Doctors to Speak Out"


 
Will this be covered in the press?
 
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Adult Stem Cell Successes: Patients and Doctors to Speak Out
 
    WASHINGTON, July 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being
issued by the Family Research Council:

    WHEN:  Thursday, July 26, 2007
           10 AM EDT

    WHAT: The U.S. Senate is expected very soon to attempt an override of
President Bush's veto of the bill to force taxpayers to fund embryonic stem
cell research. Patients from around the world who have been successfully
treated with adult stem cells will be joining the news conference. Doctors
will discuss the impact of their work and how adult stem cell research
holds the most promise in treating patients.

    WHO:
    -- Stephen Sprague has been completely free of his leukemia since his cord
       blood stem cell treatment almost 10 years ago.
    -- Eight years ago, Doug Rice was told he had two years left to live with
       congestive heart failure.  He was successfully treated with his own
       adult stem cells that were injected into his heart.
    -- Dr. Amit Patel, a doctor with the University of Pittsburgh Medical
       Center, has treated numerous patients for heart damage with adult stem
       cells.
    -- Dr. Julio Voltarelli, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of
       Sao Paulo, Brazil, has successfully treated Juvenile (Type I) diabetes
       patients with their own adult stem cells.
    -- Prof. Francisco Silva, Vice President of Research and Development for
       PrimeCell Therapeutics, has been involved in studies using adult stem
       cells to treat patients with heart damage and spinal cord injury.

    WHERE:  National Press Club
            Lisagor Room