Organizations supporting embryonic stem cell research

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**The following is a list of organizations that have expressed support for human embryonic stem cell research. Research with embryonic stem cells necessitates the destruction of human embryos. **
Information on the organizations’ support for embryonic stem cell research comes from three sources: policy statements, membership in coalitions that lobby for the research and signatures on letters expressing public support for the research. Some organizations listed also contribute funding for embryonic stem cell research…

Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists
Alliance for Aging Research
Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support and Education
Alpha-1 Foundation
ALS Association
Alzheimer’s Association
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Academy of Neurology
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
American Academy of Optometry
American Association for Cancer Research
American Association for Colleges of Pharmacy
American Association for Dental Research
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Study of Liver Disease
American Association of Anatomists
American Association of Dental Schools
American Association of Immunologists
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association
American Brain Tumor Association
American Burn Association
American Cancer Society
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
American College of Cardiology
American College of Clinical Pharmacology
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American College of Physicians
**American Council on Science and Health **
American Diabetes Association
**American Federation for Aging Research **
American Federation for Medical Research
American Foundation for AIDS Research
American Gastroenterological Association
American Heart Association
American Infertility Association
American Liver Foundation
American Lung Association
American Medical Association
American Neurological Association
American Parkinson’s Disease Association
American Pediatric Society
**American Pediatric Surgical Association **
American Psychiatric Assocation
American Physiological Society
Americans for Medical Progress
America’s Blood Centers
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
American Society for Cell Biology
American Society for Clinical Nutrition
American Society for Investigative Pathology
American Society for Microbiology
American Society for Neural Transplantation and Repair
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
American Society for Virology
American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Society of Hematology
American Society of Human Genetics
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
American Thoracic Society
American Thyroid Association
American Veterinary Medical Association
APBD Research Foundation
Appalachian State University
Arthritis Foundation
…etc.

 

[kennewickmike]

Is it me or does nobody in the health field that you can support that does not have ties to embryonic stem cell research or planned parenthood?

 

[Al_Masetti]

Check out the Brady-Kohn Foundation which says it is the “only volunteer grassroots foundation” of its kind dedicated to development of umbilical cord blood that contains adult stem cells.

www.TheBradyKohnFoundaton.org

I found an interesting article and the URL in the Wilmington DE “Dialog”, but it won’t open for me. ]

 

[kennewickmike]

The sad thing is that I would like to support some of these charities but I get caught in this dilemma.