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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-CA (C) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) (L) and Laurie Strongin, speak at a press conference on stem cell research, in Washington on May 23, 2006. Strongin lost her son to a rare genetic disease which they believed might have been prevented by stem cell technology. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch).
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