Late President Ronald Reagan’s Son Expressed Grave Concerns Over Anti-Science, Anti-Intellectual Strain in US in Stem Cell Research Speech
“I am alarmed by an anti-intellectual, anti-science strain in our country and government, beyond stem cell research,” said Ron Reagan, a social commentator and son of the late President Ronald Reagan in his keynote speech at the opening ceremony of American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists’ 2005 Convention
Ron Reagan was invited by AAPS to “put a human face on the potential uses” of stem cell research.
Late US President Ronald Reagan died last year of Alzheimer’s disease, one of the many diseases which can be cured by stem cell research. Late president’s widow, Nancy Reagan, has publicly called for stem cell research to proceed.
What confuses him most about arguments on stem cell research, Reagan said, are people who say that stem cells have not helped anyone yet.
“We didn’t know if antibiotics would be effective until we tried them,” he said.
In his speech, Reagan talked about what he said was a trend in politics and society.
More than 8,000 pharmaceutical scientists representing 43 countries are attending this week’s convention.
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