Kerry Talks Stem Cells in Radio Address

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Sen. John Kerry said he would reverse President Bush's restrictions on embryonic stem cell research as he remembered the late actor Christopher Reeve, a quadriplegic, as a hero and a friend in the Democrats' radio address Saturday.

``We're going to make funding for this research a top priority in our government agencies, our universities and our medical community, and we'll continue to lead the world in great discoveries -- all while upholding the highest ethical standards,'' the Democratic presidential candidate said.


Kerry called Bush's restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research ``a ban that's tied the hands of our scientists and shut down some of our most promising work on spinal cord injuries, Alzheimer's, diabetes, Parkinson's and other life-threatening diseases.''

``I know that when we put our best minds to work studying our worst diseases, time and time again we find treatments and cures and vaccines,'' Kerry said. ``But when we don't, when we have a president who dismisses our scientists and turns his back on science, then we say no to discovery, no to innovation and no to hope for so many Americans.''

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