C-SPAN

It never occurred to me to visit C-SPAN before. I’ve only recently become a C-SPAN fan, watching the morning call-in show, the Washington Journal, whenever I get an opportunity. It’s the best way to cover the news. They project newspaper excerpts right on the screen from a variety of sources, so it’s nice coverage. So I visited the website today and I was really impressed with the various offerings. It was cool. This morning the topic was stem cell research. The guest was the CEO of the Parkinson’s Action Network. So I learned about the two senate bills concerning stem cell research and more about the controversy. The Parkinson’s Action Network supports Senator Reid’s bill (S. 5), which would reverse the ban on federal funding for research on embryonic stem cells created after Aug. 9. 2001. They do not support S. 30, which will make no new inroads into stem cell research. Apparently even the Bush appointees to the NIH support stem cell research. The NIH has a great page explaining what stem cell research is.