“[He said U.S. opinion polls showed 70 percent of Americans supported stem-cell research for medical reasons.] My message to the president would be to rethink his position in light of the fact that there is overwhelming popular support [for it], ... I think he really needs to look again at his position and to re-evaluate it.”
Christopher Reeve
“Doug Forrester doesn't support embryonic stem cell research, therefore, I don't think he supports people like me.”
Carl Riccio
“In a prime-time address, President Bush said he backed limited federal funding for stem cell research. That's right, the President said, this is a quote, the research could help cure brain diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and whatever it is I have.”
Conan O'Brien
“We're in the early development stages of a research tower that would house the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey, across from the Cancer Institute. I'd say that that's definitely our most promising project not only for our city, but for New Jersey.”
Chris Paladino
“This is a very disappointing proposal because it ignores the area with the greatest biomedical potential _ stem-cell research.”
Charles Carrier
“One of the main reasons for the lottery scholarships was an attempt to stem the tide of many of the best high school students in South Carolina leaving the state. Clearly that is working.”
Russ McKinney
“It will be the spring of 2007 before we will be able to pursue stem cell research on the scale that the voters of Prop. 71 expect.”
Zach Hall