indebt2, this is political football embryonic vs adult stem cell and public vs private bank. CBR is with Kurtzberg on the public front. ABC media is a cheering fan supporting embryonic and public banks. For pharma to manufacture the next revolutionary drug it requires them to control the umbilical cord stem cell supply. How do they accomplish that today? Public banks... it's really just that simple. See 20k have died each year while this game has been in play. Gov't could have called the game long ago and made it clear to "The Taxpayers" they need to control some supply but this is America. Politicians would have a tough go of it forcing people to forfeit the cord blood. Who controls the almighty supply in America privates "You" or public "Gov't/Pharma". Their next best option is ESC researc. It is a supply pharma and gov't can control despite the moral issues. How do they control a cord blood supply when a womens body manufactures it and each person must volunteer/consent to donate it? Once women found out the plan is actually to allow pharma to make billions how many women would reconsider the altruistic banner so many public banks fly under today? Again, the FDA defines all cord blood not intended for family use as what? A drug. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cord-Blood-Cures-Advocacy-Group/151263508238680
Here's ABC and Ms. Sawyer in 2009 so excited she sounds like she can hardly compose herself. You tell the ABC network is fair and balanced. They act dumb about federal money paying for it which again is telling. Everyone with a half brain knows this issue has gov't wrapped up in policy and its desire to again have taxpayers foot the expensive research for pharma.