[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 96 (Wednesday, July 11, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H3871]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            ETHICAL STEM CELL RESEARCH USES ADULT STEM CELLS

  (Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of 
ethical stem cell research that uses adult stem cells instead of 
embryonic stem cells. Life begins at conception, and the use of embryos 
for research destroys young life.
  I support the use of adult stem cells, not just because no young 
lives are lost, but also because research using adult stem cells has 
already produced exciting results. Large Scale Biology Corporation, a 
biotechnology company in the Second District of Kentucky, has produced 
a growth factor using tobacco-based plant proteins that causes adult 
stem cells to behave like embryonic stem cells.
  Using their patented method, Large Scale Biology Corporation has 
successfully produced breast cancer and leukemia vaccines in 
conjunction with a joint Navy-NIH research team.
  We all want to see diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's cured, so let 
us support a proven alternative that we can all agree on and is not 
controversial. I urge my colleagues and President Bush to support 
funding for adult stem cell research and oppose life-destroying 
embryonic stem cell research.

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