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Now on this New Hampshire Outlook. Out of this world imagery.sheds light on some down to earth challenges for our environment. |
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Amateur Astronomer John Gianforte shows us what's up in the October skies over the Granite State. |
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Some perspective on the political debate brewing over stem cell research. |
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Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. We begin with that debate over science and politics. 3 years after President Bush announced the federal government would only support "limited" research involving embryonic stem cells -- the topic has become a divisive political issue on the campaign trail. Actor Michael J Fox appeared with Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry at Hampton's Winnacunet High school this week. He -- and others who suffer from diseases they believe may be cured if stem cell research was expanded -- criticized the President for limiting research. |
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Senator Kerry told the audience that if elected President, he would lift restrictions on stem cell research and increase funding for the study to help millions of Americans with incurable diseases. |
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On the same day as the Kerry event, First lady Laura Bush defended her husband’s policy on stem cell research in Milwaukee. She indirectly criticized Democrats as "over-stating" its immediate promise, telling the crowd of supporters that her father died of Alzheimer’s.and that she and President Bush are eager to find a cure. |
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Now for some perspective on the political, scientific and ethical debate. Susan Hajdu shows us what's at the heart of the stem cell debate. |
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Judy 2:13 "He was a very active swimmer and all of a sudden he exhibited the classic signs of diabetes of which I was not aware." Narr: For 11 years, Judy Havenstein has lived with the effects of Juvenile Diabetes. Her son Walter Jr. was 14 years old when he was diagnosed with the disease. Judy 6:30 "We know everything that goes with this disease is like a ticking time-bomb. The complications for someone with type I diabetes are blindness, kidney failure, cardiac disease. Their average lifespan is 15 years less than the normal human being" Narr: Like millions of parents, Judy dreams of a cure for diabetes. Perhaps the answer lies in these microscopic clusters of cells. Judy 8:18 "What stem cell research holds for us is the promise of an unlimited supply of insulin-producing eyelet cells. Right now the only source of eyelet cells are from cadavers. There are only enough cadaver pancreases to treat 0.1 percent of people who have diabetes" Narr: An hour south of Judy's Bedford home, embryonic stem cell research is taking place. Daley:01 "Embryonic stem cells are derived from the embryos of animals and most recently from humans." Narr: Dr. George Daley works at the Whitehead Institute in Boston. He's one of a handful of researchers in the U.S. working on embryonic stem cells. The cells can be derived from animal or human embryos. Daley: "The embryonic stem cell lines that we work with are immortal. They are originally derived from the embryo and are now kept in culture for many generations. They are far removed from the original embryo." Narr: In fact, Daley and his team acquire the embryonic stem cells from other laboratories. Many are derived from excess embryos that fertility clinics plan to discard. These cells have the potential to transform into any human tissue, thereby providing a means of rejuvenating or replacing ailing cells. Daley :30 "There's a spot within the embryo where the cells are unspecialized and those cells are fated to become the embryo itself. Before any body plan is laid. These primordial cells can be explanted from the embryo, placed in culture and grown indefinitely." Daley:45- "We know from 20 years of research on mouse embryos that these cells become nerves, blood cells, spinal cord tissue, liver tissue, and pancreatic tissue." Narr: Because of that, they are potential sources for replacing cells that have degenerated in patients with various diseases, like Parkinson's, cancer or in Walter Haverstein Jr's case, diabetes. Daley: 2:44 "In most instances we have to think about replacing those degenerating or defective tissues and we need a cell source and embryonic stem cells are a very exciting potential source." Roth 10:19 "Embryonic stem cells come from 5-7 day embryos that are destroyed under present technology to obtain them" Narr: Dr. Micheline Mathews-Roth is associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Roth: 8:30 "This little group of cells is called the inner cell. The ESCs are this inner mass cell group. The important thing to remember is that the only way we can get ESCs is by killing this little embryo" Narr: And for some, that destruction is a major ethical stumbling block. Green 6:11 "Is the embryo alive is not in dispute, but is it a human being at that point?" Narr: Professor Ronald Green is director of the Ethics Institute and chairman of the Department of Religion at Dartmouth College. He's been a supportive voice in the growing debate about embryonic stem cell research. A debate that has led some people to believe that science is on a slippery slope. Green 7:38: "All slopes are slippery by definition. Everything we do in medicine is a risk. An old statement in ethics is that abuse does not prohibit use. The risk should not stop you from doing things that are beneficial." Roth 19:33 "What makes us part of the human species is our chromosomes and genes. Not whether we're cute or whether we're born, or not whether we look like a human being, or whether we have human characteristics. What make us human are our genes and human chromosomes. We know from genetics and embryology that we get that from day on of life, i.e. fertilization, our zygote stage, our first cell" Daley 13:17: "I don't think ESC, human or otherwise, are embryos. They are derived from embryos but they are not in and of themselves embryos. They do not have the potential to become an organism" Narr: But still, Dr. Roth opposes embryonic stem cell research on ethical and scientific grounds. She works with adult stem cells, which can be derived from many different tissues in adults and children. Roth 4:30 "Also, with adult stem cells, in many cases they're going to be used to treat a particular patient. In other words, a patient who needs to repair his heart or liver or kidney, we're going to isolate some of this patient's own cells and engineer them into heart cells and put them back in that patient." Daley 5:15: "There are certain types cell types in adult organisms that aren't actively replaced by stem cells. So in order to replace the source of those cells., we must go back to the embryo because it's only during embryonic cell development that these cells arise." Roth 6:11: "An additional problem with fetal and ESCs is that they're so uncontrolled that they seem to be forming tumors or tissue accumulations in the organs in which you're putting them." Daley 17:35; "We wouldn't want to inject undifferentiated stem cells themselves because in the undifferentiated state they tend to form a tumor called a teratoma. What we want to do is differentiate them and send them down particular pathway toward specialization" Narr: Which means that, given the right genetic signals, stem cells can be directed to form any of a number of tissues within the human body. Roth 16:09: "I should say that we are not anywhere near ready to do anything significant with ESCs in people. As Frank Young, one of the former FDA commissioners has pointed out, before you do anything in people you have to have extensive animal testing." Green 23:00: "There's been 20 years of studies on animal research with amazing results. Scientists want to move to the next step and use human beings see if they parallel what they see in animals." Narr: But questions of morals and ethics still hang heavily over the political landscape as evidenced by the recent Bush administration debate over whether to spend federal money on research. Daley 20:31 "Without federal funding it will continue to be a backwater area of science, pursued primarily by a few private companies and well-funded labs. But there wouldn't the same kind of robustness it would have if there were federal funding" Roth: 33:05 "I think with adult stem cells we're pretty much going to find that they can be transformed into the cells of those organs that we really need to help. And I don't really think there's going to be much of a problem if we put a ban at the present on using embryonic stem cells. I think we have to realize that there are some things we should not do as a people, who we should not sanction. And issues concerning human life is probably the greatest thing." Daley 25:20 "I think it's a deeply moral commitment of mine that we use the cells for the service of real, living, breathing and needy patients. I know I would want it for my own mother or child should they have a disease that could benefit from these types of therapies." Judy 18:50 "Burying our heads in the sand and saying no, we won't do it is not the answer. What we need to find out is how we will do it ethically, safely and how we will help so many people in this country." And while those issues are being resolved, most everyone agrees, scientific research must continue. For New Hampshire Outlook, I'm Sue Hajdu. |
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Advances in science are helping us understand more than we ever imagined about.planet earth. One of NASA's chief scientists presented spectacular images of the planet at the University of New Hampshire recently. Phil Vaughn takes us there. |
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For another perspective on space we visit monthly with John Gianforte an astronomy instructor at the "College for Life Long Learning" and co-founder of the Astronomical Society of Northern New England. Chip Neal spoke with him at the University of New Hampshire observatory.to find out what's up. in October. |
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John Gianforte has a monthly column in Foster's Daily Democrat called "Scanning the Heavens" on the first Tuesday of the month. |
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That concludes our report. Thanks for watching. I'm Beth Carroll. We'll see you next time. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook: From the Congo to the Granite State. A family reunion. Join us tonight at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Public Television. |
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If you'd like to learn more about the Whitehead Institute and its embryonic stem cell research program, you can log on to the web at: www.wi.mit.edu. |
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We've all heard the expression.a picture is worth a thousand words. No one believes that more than Photographer P.J. Saine from Lebanon NH. |
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P.J.SAINE -- you're an AUTHOR, PHOTOGRAPHER, and TEACHER. Q We want to talk about your latest book " NH ROCK PORTRAITS" -- a picture book -- that captures what you call NH"s unique beauty when it comes to ROCK formations. What's UNIQUE about NH? Q You're originally from the Midwest -- OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN -- made an impression on you when you moved to NH? There's a memorable IMAGE about Old Man of the MT: NH QUARTER Q I couldn't help but notice that several of the IMAGES in your book are ROCK formations that also give the ILLUSION of a FACE, such as STONE SCREAM Q IS that where you got the name of the book ROCK PORTRAITS? 1 What about SEASIDE SMILE HOW DO YOU FIND? 2 BIG EYES 3 MIKE IN WINTER Q What about LAKE WALL -- stone wall covered in SNOW Q You are a photographer and a teacher by trade. So, TEACH us about taking Pictures. Photography 101. We have ROCKS here -- if you were taking a picture -- what would you look for? Q Today we have OVERCAST conditions -- would that be IDEAL for outside photography ? or do you want shadows? Q You've done a lot of photography work for medical journals -- this book on ROCK PORTRAITS is a bit of a departure for you isn't it? Q What is it about ROCKS that you find so intriguing? You've lectured in 10 different countries? digital photography, the creative process, photographing artwork, and, of course, ophthalmic photography. JP SAINE.the book NH ROCK PORTRAITS |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/6/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll LENGTH: 11:00 Now on this New Hampshire Outlook. Out of this world imagery sheds light on some down to earth challenges for our environment. Amateur Astronomer John Gianforte shows us what's up in the October skies over the Granite State. Some perspective on the political debate brewing over stem cell research. We begin with that debate over science and politics. Three years after President Bush announced the federal government would only support "limited" research involving embryonic stem cells the topic has become a divisive political issue on the campaign trail. Actor Michael J Fox appeared with Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry at Hampton's Winnacunet High school this week. He and others who suffer from diseases they believe may be cured if stem cell research was expanded criticized the President for limiting research. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: Michael J Fox\Actor, Judy Havenstein\Parent, Dr. George Daley\Researcher, Professor Ronald Green\Dartmouth College Ethicist, Dr. Micheline Mathews-Roth\Researcher |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/6/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll LENGTH: 11:00 Now on this New Hampshire Outlook. Out of this world imagery sheds light on some down to earth challenges for our environment. Amateur Astronomer John Gianforte shows us what's up in the October skies over the Granite State. Some perspective on the political debate brewing over stem cell research. We begin with that debate over science and politics. Three years after President Bush announced the federal government would only support "limited" research involving embryonic stem cells the topic has become a divisive political issue on the campaign trail. Actor Michael J Fox appeared with Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry at Hampton's Winnacunet High school this week. He and others who suffer from diseases they believe may be cured if stem cell research was expanded criticized the President for limiting research. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: Michael J Fox\Actor, Judy Havenstein\Parent, Dr. George Daley\Researcher, Professor Ronald Green\Dartmouth College Ethicist, Dr. Micheline Mathews-Roth\Researcher |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/6/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll LENGTH: 11:00 Now on this New Hampshire Outlook. Out of this world imagery sheds light on some down to earth challenges for our environment. Amateur Astronomer John Gianforte shows us what's up in the October skies over the Granite State. Some perspective on the political debate brewing over stem cell research. We begin with that debate over science and politics. Three years after President Bush announced the federal government would only support "limited" research involving embryonic stem cells the topic has become a divisive political issue on the campaign trail. Actor Michael J Fox appeared with Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry at Hampton's Winnacunet High school this week. He and others who suffer from diseases they believe may be cured if stem cell research was expanded criticized the President for limiting research. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: Michael J Fox\Actor, Judy Havenstein\Parent, Dr. George Daley\Researcher, Professor Ronald Green\Dartmouth College Ethicist, Dr. Micheline Mathews-Roth\Researcher |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/6/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll LENGTH: 15:00 Now on this New Hampshire Outlook. Out of this world imagery sheds light on some down to earth challenges for our environment. Amateur Astronomer John Gianforte shows us what's up in the October skies over the Granite State. Some perspective on the political debate brewing over stem cell research. Advances in science are helping us understand more than we ever imagined about planet earth. One of NASA's chief scientists presented spectacular images of the planet at the University of New Hampshire. For another perspective on space we visit monthly with John Gianforte an astronomy instructor at the "College for Life Long Learning" and co-founder of the Astronomical Society of Northern New England. Chip Neal spoke with him at the University of New Hampshire observatory. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Chip Neal NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: Dr. Michael King\NASA Scientist, John Gianforte\Astronomy Instructor |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/6/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll LENGTH: 15:00 Now on this New Hampshire Outlook. Out of this world imagery sheds light on some down to earth challenges for our environment. Amateur Astronomer John Gianforte shows us what's up in the October skies over the Granite State. Some perspective on the political debate brewing over stem cell research. Advances in science are helping us understand more than we ever imagined about planet earth. One of NASA's chief scientists presented spectacular images of the planet at the University of New Hampshire. For another perspective on space we visit monthly with John Gianforte an astronomy instructor at the "College for Life Long Learning" and co-founder of the Astronomical Society of Northern New England. Chip Neal spoke with him at the University of New Hampshire observatory. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Chip Neal NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: Dr. Michael King\NASA Scientist, John Gianforte\Astronomy Instructor |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/6/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll LENGTH: 15:00 Now on this New Hampshire Outlook. Out of this world imagery sheds light on some down to earth challenges for our environment. Amateur Astronomer John Gianforte shows us what's up in the October skies over the Granite State. Some perspective on the political debate brewing over stem cell research. Advances in science are helping us understand more than we ever imagined about planet earth. One of NASA's chief scientists presented spectacular images of the planet at the University of New Hampshire. For another perspective on space we visit monthly with John Gianforte an astronomy instructor at the "College for Life Long Learning" and co-founder of the Astronomical Society of Northern New England. Chip Neal spoke with him at the University of New Hampshire observatory. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Chip Neal NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: Dr. Michael King\NASA Scientist, John Gianforte\Astronomy Instructor |
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