Forbes Speaking in front of House floor about stem cell research

"Forbes' Spoke on the House floor on March 5, 2009 about the recent advances regarding stem cell research and stressed the importance of prioritizing this research by putting patients ahead of the debate. Recent studies are demonstrating the ability of adult stem cells to be induced, resulting in the same properties of embryonic cells. These scientific advances show that research on human embryonic stem cells may become unnecessary and may pose a more costly route to patient treatment. Congressman Forbes introduced H.R. 877, the Patients First Act to strengthen the benefits of stem cell research by promoting research and clinical trials using human stem cells that show the most evidence of providing near-term clinical benefit for human patients and are ethically obtained. This bill prioritizes stem cell research toward treating and curing patients and presents a unified, pragmatic approach to medical and scientific advancement. The studies show that the science of stem cell research has bypassed the divisive political debate and the time to advance medical treatment and care of patients is now."

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