Sentences with phrase «case for embryonic stem cell research»

And yet again, when presented with the case for embryonic stem cell research primarily on the grounds of curing disease, the respondents expressed support.

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He decreed that the case brought by researchers Drs James Sherley and Theresa Deisher, along with a number of Christian groups including the Christian Medical Association, should be heard; and ordered an injunction temporarily blocking federal funding allocated for human - embryonic - stem - cell research.

A Washington, D.C., judge said this afternoon that his ruling 2 weeks ago, halting all federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research, will stand while the case moves forward.

However, some consider human embryonic stem cell research controversial because, in some cases, the new stem cell lines are derived frozen human embryos that have been donated for research.

Thomas Hungar, of the Washington law firm Gibson, Dunn, argued for the plaintiffs that «it is undisputed in this case that human embryonic stem cell research always entails the destruction of embryos.»