He has been making that point since 2004, when in testimony to the U.S. Senate, he warned
embryonic stem cell opponent Sam Brownback of Kansas, «Those in a position of advice or authority who participate in the banning or enforced delays of biomedical
research that could lead to the saving of lives and the amelioration of suffering are
directly and morally responsible for the lives made worse or lost due to the ban, or even of a moratorium that would deny such treatments in that short window of time when it could help or save them.»