by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The radio ad the Barack Obama campaign is running that falsely accuses John McCain of opposing stem cell research and misleads listeners on the best hope for diabetes patients has another problem. The ad promises cures for Alzheimer’s even though leading scientists say the disease likely won't benefit.
"Stem cell research could unlock cures for diabetes, cancer and Alzheimer’s, too. But John McCain has stood in the way ... he's opposed stem cell research," the ad claims.
However, leading scientists say that embryonic stem cell research will likely never yield a cure for Alzheimer's.
"Alzheimer's is a more global disease, with an effect on numerous kinds of cells," Steve Stice, a stem cell researcher at the University of Georgia, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper previously. "That makes it much more difficult for a cell therapy to be effective."
In a patient afflicted with Alzheimer's, clumps of protein called amyloid build up within the brain and begin attacking various types of cells and the connections between cells.
Other researchers agree that potential cures, if they come about, won't happen soon.
"I think the chance of doing repairs to Alzheimer's brains by putting in.....read the whole article
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