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  • Father Raymond de Souza has an interesting piece in the National Catholic Register thinking about how today’s American political scene might have been different had Senator Ted Kennedy held onto his pro-life beliefs:

    Kennedy’s family legacy, his impregnable position in MA (he won more than 60% of the vote the year after Chappaquiddick) and his national prominence rendered him immune from the pressures other politicians had to face. He could always choose his own path. Had he chosen to remain economically liberal but culturally conservative, he would have prevented the Democratic Party from embracing the orthodoxy of the unlimited abortion license. Had he remained pro-life the Democratic Party would have had to make place for other pro-life politicians. Had he remained pro-life many others –
    Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Jesse Jackson – would not have abandoned their pro-life positions as the price to be paid for national ambition.

  • Geron has announced why their human embryonic stem cell clinical trial was put on hold by the FDA. Some research showed cysts at the injury sites:

    But in a prepared statement Thursday, Geron said the hold resulted from the discovery of cysts in some animals given the cells. Although the cysts had appeared in some earlier animal studies, they appeared with “a higher frequency” in more recent animals tests, the company said.
    Despite the finding, however, Geron said the cysts were “non-proliferative, confined to the injury site and had no adverse effects on the animals.”

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