Adult Stem Cells May be Able to Rescue Memory Lost to Alzheimer’s
Boy, let us hope this works out! Scientists have discovered that adult stem cells may be able to help restore memory lost to Alzheimer’s dementia. From the story:
Researchers have shown for the first time that neural stem cells can rescue memory destroyed by advanced Alzheimer’s disease, leading to hopes for a treatment for the condition.
American scientists at the University of California have shown for the first time that stem cells injected into the brain can rescue memory in mice, rebuilding neurons and memory.
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National Organization for Women Establishes Kansas Abortion-Rights PAC To Fill Void After Death Of Abortion Provider Tiller
The Kansas chapter of the National Organization for Women has formed its own political action committee to replace ProKanDo, a PAC founded in 2002 by abortion provider George Tiller that was closed after his murder in May, the AP/Hays Daily News reports. ProKanDo spent more than $1 million over the last four years to advocate for abortion rights, assist candidates who support abortion rights and oppose antiabortion-rights candidates. The organization had more than 6,400 contributors but received between one-third and one-half of its annual funding from Tiller, according to former Director Julie Burkhart.
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Anti-Abortion Group Sues Over Arrests
18 Arrested Last Year While Trying To Protest
A pro-life group is suing several Maryland agencies, saying they've been unfairly targeted by State Police. Defend Life Inc. and its associates admitted their message is controversial Tuesday but said state troopers are stepping on their First Amendment rights. The graphic images often used by anti-abortion groups on roadsides are hard to miss and forget, 11 News reporter John Sherman said, but Defend Life insisted that is their point and that they have the constitutional right to make it. On Aug. 1, 18 protesters were arrested on Route 24 in Bel Air. Minutes before, troopers confronted the protesters. Videotape showed a trooper tried to tell them they needed a permit to protest on the roadside. Click here to watch a news clip of the press conference.
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Angry Response to Anti-Abortion Protests
You've heard the phrase coined countless times: What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas. Now, there's a pro-life group has introduced a twist to the slogan: What Happens in Vegas should be Exposed in Vegas. The group chose Las Vegas to voice a very graphic message. "We're here to expose the ungodly evil!" "God hates people who shed innocent blood." There was nothing that could have prepared Jonathan Noll for what he saw first thing Tuesday morning. He works at a gas station across the street from St. Rose Dominican Hospital's Siena campus. A doctor who practices there allegedly performs abortions in his private practice. He's one of several targets of a group called Operation Save America.
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Obama's Science Czar Considered Forced Abortions, Sterilization as Population Growth Solutions
Obama's "science czar," Paul Holdren, once floated the idea of forced abortions, "compulsory sterilization," and the creation of a "Planetary Regime" that would oversee human population levels and control all natural resources as a means of protecting the planet -- controversial ideas his critics say should have been brought up in his Senate confirmation hearings. Holdren, who has degrees from MIT and Stanford and headed a science policy program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government for the past 13 years, won the unanimous approval of the Senate as the president's chief science adviser.
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Planned Parenthood Spearheads Effort to Influence Obama Health Care
The nation's largest provider of abortions laid siege to Capitol Hill Thursday lobbying lawmakers to include “women’s health” issues in the massive Obama health care plan. On Thursday, a gaggle of Planned Parenthood staff, board members and volunteers visited 250 lawmakers on the Hill. Their purpose, as stated by a Planned Parenthood release, was to ensure “any health care reform effort must include access to comprehensive reproductive health care.”
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