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Oceanbreeze · 11-03-2008, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by dreama

I was reading in a disabled rights website the other day to see what both parties had to offer the disabled.

This is a quote that I came up with that greatly concerned me.

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We need to invest in biomedical research and stem cell research, so that we are at the leading edge of

prevention and treatment. This includes adequate funding for research into diseases such as heart

disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, breast cancer, diabetes, autism

and other common and rare diseases, and disorders. We will increase funding to the National Institutes of

Health, the National Science Foundation, and the National Cancer Institutes.

So it seems Obama is going for extra funding in biomedical research.

Taken from here: http://jfactivist.typepad.com/jfacti...e-the-rnc.html

It concerns me so much that I've done a google and found more information here:

http://www.bioresearchonline.com/art...?VNETCOOKIE=NO (unfortunately it's not accessable for me but

from Google it said it was about Obama's stand on biomedical research)
http://www.highlighthealth.com/resou...nd-healthcare/
http://medical.bizcommunity.com/Arti...323/28521.html

Please note that all these sited are PRO animal testing so you will have to read between the lines. That is

to say Obama is their buddy and will help them torture more animals as part of the american tax increase

wheras Macain is going to reduce Biomedical research as part of his tax cuts. He also believes in an ethnical aproach to research.

This paricular quote stands out:

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"Obama's STEM agenda shows his commitment to investing in the physical and life sciences".

What I want to know is why is it not concerning anyone else?

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Originally Posted by Hear Again

My mother had terminal cancer and after watching her suffer for several months before her death, I've come to the conclusion that I completely support Obama's stance on biomedical research.

As do I. If it weren't for medical research, I would not be alive.

When I was six years old, I developed a massive systemic infection that affected the shunt I have that filters fluid off my brain. It had to come out because it was killing me slowly. I had developed sepsis and was in a coma. I was given a ZERO chance of survival unless they removed the shunt and replaced it; only problem was there was only a limited amount of places they could divert the fluid to. The shunt was already directing the fluid to my excretory system and that was no longer an option. Fortunately for me, there was an experimental procedure where they replaced my neuro-peritoneal shunt with a neuro-cardiac shunt. In laymen's terms, this is directing the fluid into my bloodstream. At the time, I was only the 5th child to have this procedure. I was also only the third child to survive it. The odds sucks. Two of the children who they had attempted this on were dead. Two were alive, but came out of the surgery brain damaged.

Fast foward 30 yrs or so, I still have the shunt that was placed and I'm doing well. The procedure itself is not real common because it's still considered risky, but it's an option for people when appropriate.

Most of you know how I feel about abortion and my views in general regarding the right to die, but I'm also for medical research. It saves lives. It saved mine.