Stem-Cell Patient Roasts Lawmaker

Opponents of embryonic stem-cell research jump on the remarkable case of Susan Fajt as evidence that adult stem cells can cure spinal-cord injuries. Now exhibit A is kicking back. By Kristen Philipkoski.

A spinal-cord patient has charged that Rep. Dave Weldon (R-Florida) used her image without permission and misled Congress and the public by suggesting that her case offers evidence that adult stem cells can help severely injured people walk again.

On May 24, as Weldon tried to persuade members of the House of Representatives that embryonic stem-cell research was not only unethical but unnecessary, he held up a poster-size image of himself standing beside Fajt, who is clutching a walker in the photo. ...

Source: Wired News