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Economic study grossly misleading

Will unregulated human embryos research cut health care costs, create hundreds of jobs and improve Michigan’s economy? The simple answer is “NO.” But that fact didn't stop a Wayne State professor from writting a misleading paper making unprovable claims.

Michigan: Thriving home for life sciences

Currently, Michigan is a thriving home for the life sciences. According to MichBio, "Whether yours is an expanding company, a fledgling startup, or a research institution, there is a thriving home for the life sciences in Michigan, and we invite you to be part of it."

MiCAUSE coalition growing

Join the MiCAUSE Coalition today! On November 4, Michigan voters will decide whether to radically amend the constitution to allow lethal research on live human embryos.

Michigan voters from across the state have joined together to voice opposition to Proposal 2. Democrats, Republicans, statewide organizations, doctors, nurses, attorneys, parents of adopted embryos, patients and others from all walks of life have come together to encourage fellow citizens to vote No on Proposal 2. Experimenting on and destroying human embryos is not the cure Michigan needs. Take a stand and let your voice be heard, please join the Vote No on 2 Coalition today.

Unrestricted science in Missouri leading to unrestricted tax payer funding. Could Michigan be next?

Missouri passed a constitutional amendment allowing lethal research on human embryos in 2006. Now, the state finds itself in a legal battle about laws that regulate funding of research on live human embryos and human cloning. Does their constitutional amendment remove Missouri's 2003 law which prevents funding of research on live human embryos? Legal experts are searching for answers.

In Michigan, the proposed Constitutional Amendment for the November ballot would allow lethal research on live human embryos. The proposal could also result in the people of Michigan being forced to pay for unrestricted, unregulated research, a problem Missouri is facing. If passed, the proposal would supersede any Michigan law on the books and usurp any attempt to regulate future policy governing scientific experimentation. The proposal could allow scientists to ignore laws and use your money for research on human-animal hybrids. British scientists at Newcastle University have resorted to creating cloned hybrid embryos which are part human and part cow.

Unrestricted science points to human-animal hybrids

British scientists at Newcastle University have resorted to creating cloned hybrid embryos which are part human and part cow. Cow eggs were used for these cloning experiments because researchers have had difficultly obtaining a large enough quantity of human eggs. MiCAUSE Spokesperson David Doyle said the loopholes in the proposal would outlaw any attempt by the Michigan legislature to ban creation of human-animal hybrids for stem cell research. Human-animal hybrids experimentation, which is going on now in the United Kingdom, serves as an example of unrestricted, unethical science.

California problems with research oversight and funding

An article in the San Francisco Chronicle from bioethicist Wesley J. Smith details the abuse of public funds by human embryo researchers in California. Proposal 2 would forbid any local or state regulation of stem cell researchers, and the measure's spokesman has argued for public funding of the research.

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Say no to unrestricted stem cell research

A guest column in the Grand Rapids Press by Dr. Laura Champion reminds voters that Proposal 2 would put big biotech beyond the power of Michigan citizens to regulate. Dr. Champion also questions the ethics of research on human embryos and points out that other types of stem cell research are quickly making human embryo research obsolete.

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Vote "NO" November 4 on Proposal 2

Dr. Mark Walker wrote an editorial in the Battle Creek Enquirer explaining how embryonic stem cell research has been unsuccessful to date, and Proposal 2 would thus only be destroying life, not sustaining it. He also points out that Proposal 2 is not about stem cell research but about allowing unrestricted and unregulated experimentation.

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Proposal 2 would allow unrestricted research on human embryos

In an article featured on Hometownlife.com, MiCAUSE Co-Chair Pat McDonald explains that Proposal 2 removes state and local oversight of experimentation involving live human embryos. “I urge voters to read the fine print of Proposal 2, and not merely rely on the packaged description of the amendment offered by its proponents.”

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MiCAUSE Spokesman Discusses Ballot Proposal with Michael Patrick Shiels

The Big Show host Michael Patrick Shiels and Gary Austin discuss the proposed constitutional amendment with MiCAUSE spokesman David Doyle on July 9.

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MiCAUSE sets the record straight on WJR Radio

Listen to Dave Doyle, MiCAUSE spokesman, comment on a July 8 interview with Paul W. Smith. Doyle provides accurate information about the ballot proposal that seeks to incorporate unregulated, unrestricted experimentation on live human embryos in Michigan's Constitution.

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Push is on to lift stem-cell research ban, Michigan voters may see issue in fall

The Detroit Free Press highlights the amendment to the Michigan Constitution authorizing the destruction of human embryos for research. According to the Detroit Free Press article, Stem Cell Ballot Question Committee Campaign Director Mark Burton suggested the ban on cloning could be revisited once the general public becomes more familiar with the science.

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Condit: Continue ban on embryo-destructive research

In a Lansing State-Journal editorial, Dr. Donald Condit explains Michigan's law which prohibits killing human embryos for research and shares some of the reasons why the Michigan State Medical Society voted to take a neutral position on the embryonic stem cell research issue. 
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California scientists want to overturn restrictions on selling and buying human eggs

Human embryonic stem cell researchers unable to come anywhere near treating human patients never blame themselves or embryonic stem cells for the failures, the blame is placed on restrictions. In Michigan, researchers blame a law which prevents them from killing human embryos. In California, where embryonic stem cell research is funded by billions of dollars, researchers are now blaming a rule which prevents them from buying eggs as the reason their human cloning research is failing. Marcy Darnovsky of the Center for Genetics and Society was quoted as saying, "Do we really want to put women at risk to provide raw materials for research a lot of scientists say really isn't the way to go?" Human egg "black markets" and conflicts of interest are serious concerns swirling around human embryonic stem cell research.

iPS cells are fueling a research "explosion"

The North Country Times reports on how the creation of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells is encouraging companies wary of embryonic stem cells to get into the stem cell field. iPS cells are cells which have the same properties as embryonic stem cells, but they are created without killing live human embryos.
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Unrestricted research results in part human part cow embryos

In hopes of creating embryonic stem cell lines to match the DNA of human patients, British scientists at Newcastle University have resorted to creating cloned hybrid embryos which are part human and part cow. The cloned human, cow embryo announcement came from scientists in Britain.
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FDA denies embryonic stem cell clinical trial application

The Mercury News is featuring a story on how biotechnology company Geron's application to begin a clinical trial using human embryonic stem cell on patients with spinal cord injuries has been denied by the Food and Drug Administration. Some scientists fear that embryonic stem cells would cause tumors if they were used on human patients. No human patient has ever been successfully treated with embryonic stem cells.
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Australia allows human cloning

A Reuters story reports the Australian government has issued its first license for scientists to begin cloning humans. Scientists are attempting to kill these cloned humans and use them as sources for embryonic stem cells. In Michigan, Proposal 2 would leave the door open for human cloning. Contrary to claims from Proposal 2 backers about “strengthening” the cloning ban, the amendment has a do-nothing clause that ignores the issue. According to the measure's director, Proposal 2 is designed to make the public “more comfortable” with human cloning. If adopted, repealing Michigan’s cloning ban would be revisited.