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RIP Christopher Reeve...

1 by Holy imperial Gloriano
SG Admiral
2:30:02 ET: Veteran Hollywood reporter Nikki Finke has learned that actor Christopher Reeve is dead, according to sources close to the actor. He died suddenly Sunday. News of his death has not been reported publicly yet. His family will make an announcement Monday at the earliest. Reeve was just mentioned Friday in the second live presidential debate by John Kerry. Noting he was a friend of the paralysed Reeve, Kerry said he was in favor of further stem cell research because Reeve could walk again one day thanks to such science.... MORE...
http://www.drudgereport.com/
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/n ... eve10.html


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2 by Black Wolf
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When you think about it, he should have died years ago when he fell from the horse. The fact that he managed to not only survive that, but also to continue living a meaninful life afterwards, well, the guy had a good run, in a way.
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4 by liberator
SG Defender
:( :( :(

:x at John Kerry for politicizing his death.
My first Armageddon has died.

2005.11.25 06:22:57 combat Your Tachyon Beam Laser I perfectly strikes Ruined Stargate, wrecking for
733.8 damage.

8 by Grimloq
Elite SG Admiral
yup, i have to agree there.
liberator wrote: :x at John Kerry for politicizing his death.
ya, really... you know, politics hardley seems worth it most of the time... :x [/quote]

11 by liberator
SG Defender
Grimloq wrote:ya, really... you know, politics hardley seems worth it most of the time... :x
I have to agree, much more could be done if we weren't constantly kicking ourselves in the collective shins by letting people who actually want the office(s) have it.

All of them disquallify themselves the moment they announce their candidacy.

On Topic: I apologize for that. By politicizing, I meant Kerry promised to continue Stem Cell research. He did say nice things about Mr. Reeve, I never said he didn't. I just think that there is a time and a place for stumping and pressing the flesh, and a public statement about a man's death isn't one of them. It's morbid and more than a little ghoulish.
My first Armageddon has died.

2005.11.25 06:22:57 combat Your Tachyon Beam Laser I perfectly strikes Ruined Stargate, wrecking for
733.8 damage.

13 by Knight Templar
SG Fanatic
liberator wrote:
Grimloq wrote:ya, really... you know, politics hardley seems worth it most of the time... :x
I have to agree, much more could be done if we weren't constantly kicking ourselves in the collective shins by letting people who actually want the office(s) have it.

All of them disquallify themselves the moment they announce their candidacy.

On Topic: I apologize for that. By politicizing, I meant Kerry promised to continue Stem Cell research. He did say nice things about Mr. Reeve, I never said he didn't. I just think that there is a time and a place for stumping and pressing the flesh, and a public statement about a man's death isn't one of them. It's morbid and more than a little ghoulish.
AGAIN: Reeves died _AFTER_ the debate. TWO days _AFTER_ . Kerry _WAS NOT_ pimping Reeves death as a reason to elect him for research into stem cells, only that he knew mr. Reeves and used his situation as an example of how Stem Cells could be effective. I doubt even Kerry would venture to say Stem Cells could reanimate Reeves' corpse...

14 by liberator
SG Defender
KT, John Edwards dropped Reeve's name at a campaign stop earlier today(oct 12) in context with a promise that if Kerry is elected people like him would walk by virtue of stem cell research. What they're not telling anyone is nobody has stopped Stem Cell research, only government funding of new fetal stem cell research. Research on existing lines of fetal stem cells and adult stem cells has and will continue. Fetal research is a dead end anyway, the mice and rats injected with potential treatments developed from Fetal stem cells have developed cancer in almost 100% of cases.
My first Armageddon has died.

2005.11.25 06:22:57 combat Your Tachyon Beam Laser I perfectly strikes Ruined Stargate, wrecking for
733.8 damage.

15 by aldo14
I don't see how you can mention stem cell research without mentioning the well-publicised calls for it from the likes of the Reagan family, Christopher Reeve and Michael J Fox in particular.

Should we ban mentioning the names of the dead when supporting their wishes? I'd put money on that Christopher Reeve would encourage people to use his own misfortune to campaign for stem cell research.

Besides which, both sides have been guilty of namedropping Reeve after his death - Bush paying tribute in what was a pretty obvious attempt to head off any bad publicity arising from his own opposition to stem cell research.

Oh, and RE: foetal stem cell research;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3638474.stm
Newborn babies with brain damage could be treated by stem cell therapy using cells taken from their bone marrow.

Researchers told the BA Festival of Science they successfully transplanted human foetal cells from bone marrow into the brains of newborn mice.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3639126.stm
The first human stem cell line with the mutation for cystic fibrosis (CF) has been developed by UK researchers.

The cells could help the development of treatments for the disease, which affects more than 7,000 British people.

Dr Stephen Minger of King's College London said the cell lines would be useful because animal models for CF had not proved applicable.

Three people a week die from CF in the UK. The research was presented at the BA Festival of Science in Exeter.

The disease causes an abnormally thick, sticky mucus to be produced in the body, causing chronic inflammation of the lungs leading to life-threatening infections.

"I think if you can take embryonic stem cells and you can differentiate them into epithelium [lung tissue] then you have a cell type which will be physiologically relevant," Dr Minger told the British Association's annual meeting.

"People have been trying to make animal models of CF for years and they haven't been very good. So my hope is that these would be useful."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3723108.stm
Stem cells have been used to save mice embryos from a lethal heart defect.

Scientists from New York injected embryonic stem cells into mouse embryos bred to develop a heart problem.

Not only did the cells develop into healthy heart tissue, they also sent out messages correcting defects in neighbouring cells.

Giving a mother a shot of stem cells before she became pregnant was also enough to save future embryos, the research reported in Science found.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3692942.stm
"Natural" heart pacemakers made from human stem cells have been successfully tested in pigs.

Ultimately, this technology could replace the electronic pacemakers currently used to treat humans with irregular heartbeats, scientists hope.

The Israeli team from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, along with US colleagues, took the stem cells from donated human embryos.
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