Is Wisconsin prime to lose its valued fetal tissue reseach and medical cures??

[riversedge]

I really feel for families who are hoping for break thoughs or cures from fetal reseach.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/10/planned-parenthood-attack-videos-hurting-fetal-tissue-research



How the Attack on Planned Parenthood Is Hindering Cures for Deadly Diseases
People with Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and other afflictions will pay a price, scientists say.

—By Becca Andrews
Mon Oct. 26, 2015 6:00 AM EDT



...............In Wisconsin, where scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 1990s pioneered research with human embryonic stem cells‚ lawmakers are now considering a ban on the use of fetal tissue that could hinder today's cutting-edge research. That includes ongoing efforts at the university to find new antibiotics as existing ones grow ineffective. The bill's lead sponsor, Republican Rep. Andre Jacque, originally proposed legislation that would make it a felony to sell, donate, or experiment with fetal tissue in any capacity.

"My immediate reaction was, 'Oh, I'm going to have to move the lab'," says Laura Kiessling, one of the researchers in Madison. "Because you can't stop—you really want to do the research."

Jacque has since revised the bill to allow for the use of cell lines that were obtained before January 1 this year. But the latest version would still outlaw the scientific use of fetal tissue obtained after that date, potentially halting progress on treatments for spinal injuries and Parkinson's disease, according to Kiessling. "I think what's upsetting is that the logic of the legislation is not clear," she says.
"I would ask the public to reflect on family members—people you care about who have been saved by this technology."

Robertson adds that the legislation doesn't allow for scientific advancement down the road. "The HEK line was so critical," she says, "but we don't know what [new lines] will be critical in the future."....................

[Half-Century Man]

1. Yes

If the Religious Reich get their way.

Their addiction to mentally masturbating each other into a dogmatic coma takes precedence over everything; an individual's rights, an individual's choices, healthcare, and science.

[NCjack]

2. The Red states are determined to kill their great universities. Find a friendly

university in a reliable Blue state, and if Rep. Jacque' bill get strong support, leave before he burns down the labs he doesn't like.

[midnight]

3. Imagine this researcher can't seem to get a logical explanation for the

interference into this type of research.


I myself had to look up to see what exactly this fetal tissue research was about.


"Fetal tissue research is legal in the United States. Scientists have used fetal tissue in research since the 1930s. Human fetal kidney cells were used to develop the polio vaccine that led to the 1954 Nobel Prize in Medicine. In 1975, federal law was clarified to say such research is permitted if “conducted only in accordance with any applicable state or laws regarding such activities (45 C.F.R. 46, Sec. 210).”
In 1993 Congress passed the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act (Public Law 103- 43), formalizing President Clinton’s lifting of President Reagan’s 1988 moratorium on federal funding for fetal tissue transplantation research. The use of fetal tissue for other research purposes had not been affected by the 1988 ban. The 1993 Revitalization Act amended the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289 et seq.) as follows:
(1) In General – The Secretary may conduct or support research on transplantation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes.
(2) Source of Tissue – Human fetal tissue may be used in research carried out under paragraph (1) regardless of whether the tissue is obtained pursuant to a spontaneous or induced abortion or pursuant to a stillbirth."

http://www.ascb.org/newsfiles/fetaltissue.pdf

Note Regan and Clinton's approach to this subject.