Sentences with phrase «cell research debate»

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He gives the example of the debates over embryonic stem cell research.

Second problem: One group that does not know the debate is over is the group of pro «embryonic stem - cell research advocates, whose name is Legion.

Suggesting that the November 2007 paper describing the induction of pluripotency in adult cells represents an endpoint in the stem - cell debate demonstrates a misreading of both the fundamental issue in the debate as well as where stem - cell research, at least in this country, is heading.

The recent news that the promise of stem cell research can be pursued without using human embryos has permanently and dramatically changed the stem cell debate.

The BHA contributes to debate on a wide range of ethical issues from stem cell research to sex education.

The BHA contributes to debate on a wide range of ethical issues from stem cell research to sex education, and acts as a unique watchdog and lobbying organisation.

«Advancements in science and research have moved faster than the debates among politicians in Washington, D.C., and breakthroughs announced in recent years confirm the full potential of stem cell research can be realized without the destruction of living human embryos,» House Minority Leader John Boehner, R - Ohio, said Sunday.

When compared to other religious groups, Evangelicals have often been more wary of science as evidenced in debates about evolution, stem cell research, and climate change.

«In this paper, we try to put together the information that led us to the controversial hypothesis that obstructive sleep apnea accelerates age - related decline, which has promoted debate and stimulated research in the field,» says co-author Claudia Cavadas of the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of the University of Coimbra.

But just how close adult and reprogrammed stem cells can come to matching the capabilities of embryonic stem cells has become a contentious question in the debate over whether the federal government should continue funding research on embryonic lines.

In 1998, scientists figured out how to derive human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) for medical research, and the method kicked off an intense debate.

The recommendations of the Council on Bioethics, though substantive and scholarly, have by and large not been put into practice by policymakers, and the group's prominence has faded as the debate about stem cell research has ground to a standoff.

The debate about ethics in bio and life sciences in Germany was refueled last week: While Germany's central research funding organization, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), decided to revise its position on human stem cell research, the German government is finally reacting to heated public debates about sensitive issues by establishing a National Ethics Commission.

In the past few weeks, the debate about genetic research in Germany has focused on the issue of the use of embryonic stem cells for research.

He argued that this tactic — hyping preliminary adult stem cell research and other alternative strategies at delicate political moments — has been a set piece in the national debate over stem cells since the Bush decision in 2001.

«Despite the Bush veto, the opponents of embryonic stem cell research have lost the national debate,» he said.

In the cases, just this last couple of elections, where stem cell politics, for example, has been played out in the electoral process, stem cell research is [has] done better than the winning candidates for offices; and I think, apart from that, I think that we do have a serious problem in general education of the sciences and that accounts for the reluctance of a large segment of the population to accept the principles of evolution and think that there is still a debate about it, which there isn't — and that's a problem we need to solve, — but I still think there is an incredible constituency for science in this country.

Take the debate over embryonic stem cell research.

The Bundestag faces a heated debate on 30 January, when the issue of whether to allow the import of human embryonic stem cells for research purposes is on the agenda.

Stem cell research and human cloning are legitimate topics of debate.

In his January 2008 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush claimed that research by James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin and Shinya Yamanaka of the University of Kyoto in Japan would finally end the morally and politically nettlesome debate over embryonic stem cell research.

McCain voted in favor of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act and in the first Republican presidential debate he reiterated his support for federal funding.

If dealing with the public relations nightmare over its on - off - on funding of Planned Parenthood wasn't enough, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure cancer charity last week also got entangled, somewhat bizarrely, in the debate over human embryonic stem (ES) cell research.

They also touched off the most serious moral and ethical debate so far over both embryonic stem cell research and human cloning.

The two researchers analyzed nationally representative surveys collected between 2002 and 2010 with the goal of better understanding how the U.S. public came to form opinions in the debate over human embryonic stem cell research.

A noted U.S. fertility researcher is relocating to England in a move that some researchers say underscores the uncertainty created by the current debate over government funding of research involving embryonic stem cells (Science, 13 July, p. 186).

Our political debates about stem cell research in recent years have stood in a peculiar relation to public opinion.

From stem cell research to global warming, human cloning, evolution, and beyond, the science debates are not exactly about science, but come down to a dispute between liberals and conservatives about the right way to think about the future.

It's really important to keep the public debate about stem cell research going — so that when the time comes to make the big decisions about what to do with the science, the debate is already an informed one.»

The students will debate their views on a series of ethical questions around stem cell research.

After more debate, the government may change this allowing cloned human cells and embryos to be created for research purposes as long as they are destroyed after 14 days.

Please have a look at the links on our French website to widen your view on the debate on the French Bioethics law — and in particular, the embryonic stem cells research.

In this recent request, part of the plan is to avoid the ethical debate surrounding the use of human embryos in stem - cell research.

The discovery, by scientists at Kyoto University and the University of Wisconsin - Madison, seemed to promise a way out of the bitter debates over embryonic - stem - cell research: rather than using human embryos as a source of stem cells, produce them from adult cells.

As the debate rages in Washington, research continues outside the U.S. and in states that provide money or grants for embryonic stem - cell research.

EVEN AS the U.S. senate debates on expanding federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, it may be remembered that the claims professed in many papers of adult stem cells becoming any specialised cells should be taken with a pinch of salt.

While America is stalled in a moral debate over cells derived from embryos, other countries are moving apace with the potentially lucrative research that is expected to define medicine's next frontier, say authors Dr. Leo Furcht and William Hoffman.

Stem Cell Research For Dummies offers a balanced, plain - English look at this politically charged topic, cutting away the hype and presenting the facts clearly for you, free from debate.

To understand the stem cell debate, it is important to know what stem cells are and the types of research for which they are used.

Thus, in the past five years, much of the scientific and ethical debate about somatic cell nuclear transfer has focused on its two potential applications: 1) for reproductive purposes, i.e., to produce a child, or 2) for producing a source of ES cells for research.

And theres even better news: By using the patients own stem cells, the surgical team avoids the ethical debate over using embryonic tissue for research purposes.

Witness the recent debate over federal funding of stem - cell research, during which supporters of stem - cell research emphasized that federal funding tends to draw the best scholars to a field.

* The role of the US in global efforts to address pollutants that are broadly dispersed across national borders, such as greenhouse gasses, persistent organic pollutants, ozone, etc...; * How they view a president's ability to influence national science policy in a way that will persist beyond their term (s), as would be necessary for example to address global climate change or enhancement of science education nationwide; * Their perspective on the relative roles that scientific knowledge, ethics, economics, and faith should play in resolving debates over embryonic stem cell research, evolution education, human population growth, etc... * What specific steps they would take to prevent the introduction of political or economic bias in the dissemination and use of scientific knowledge; * (and many more...)

Noonan's conclusion, however — that university researchers are at no real risk for patent infringement liability and that patents do not cause university researchers to abandon important areas of research — could have important implications for the gene patent policy debate if it is both correct and extensible beyond the stem cell arena.