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yardwork

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2. What about their decision to stop funding cancer research involving stem cells?

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Fri Feb 3, 2012, 12:30 PM

Feb 2012

I see nothing in their press release about restoring the $12 million to universities that they cut. That's the actual cancer research being done that is no longer supported by SGK. Have they reversed themselves on that?

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Link to the Komen Apology and Change of Tune [View all] MineralMan Feb 2012 OP

We should keep the pressure on about stem cell research justiceischeap Feb 2012 #1

What about their decision to stop funding cancer research involving stem cells? yardwork Feb 2012 #2

I don't know about that. I didn't see anything in the MineralMan Feb 2012 #4

I read it as "Oh shit, we are going to lose donations over this" MiniMe Feb 2012 #3

Note: I'm not praising them. I'm just posting a link to the press release. MineralMan Feb 2012 #5

Yup, ProSense Feb 2012 #7

Penn State! nt justiceischeap Feb 2012 #9

Weak sauce izquierdista Feb 2012 #6

And the freepers are not happy at all about this. Arkansas Granny Feb 2012 #8

I'm not at all certain I'm buying this. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2012 #10

Same tune...different lyrics... Hepburn Feb 2012 #11