For Christmas Joy, a Cure? New York Times Re "Scientists Weigh Stem Cells' Role as Cancer Cause" (front page, Dec. 21): As someone who supports full stem cell research — adult, embryonic, nuclear transfer and the new skin cell reprogramming — I read your article with an almost-holiday emotion, a sense of mounting joy. So close to Christmas, and if we can find the cause of cancer, maybe a cure is on the way. Like most American families, mine is no stranger to cancer. My mother died at age 52 of breast cancer, my older sister died from leukemia at 23, and my younger sister is alive today, possibly because of adult stem cells given to her at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Southern California. My brother's blood type was a match for hers, and some of his stem cells now reside in her. A permanent cure? No. But a step in the right direction. We don't know what the future holds for stem cell research, which of the varied forms of its derivation will be most useful, or which combination all deserve investigation. May the New Year bring us closer to the day when cancer will be no more than a temporary inconvenience. Don C. Reed
Fremont, Calif., Dec. 21, 2007
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