Stem
cell research proponents were upbeat after the arguments concluded.
Not exact matches
And yes, some
proponents of embryo - destructive stem
cell research insisted that it must go ahead, alongside the
research path charted by Thomson and Yamanaka.
Proponents of the anything - goes position assert that the potential scientific and medical benefits of embryonic stem -
cell research override all other considerations» and therefore restrictions on the funding and scope of this
research are unwarranted.
Proponents of the anything - goes position assert that the potential scientific and medical benefits of embryonic stem -
cell research override all other considerations» and....
Proponents of embryonic stem
cell research argue that restricting federal funding to a limited....
«The title [Congress on Responsible Stem
Cell Research] was what put me off, and I thought this isn't an open discussion at all; this is going to be all about
proponents for adult stem
cells, and the people working with embryonic stem
cells will be the bad guys,» she says.
Proponents of ESC
research counter that most of the new
cell lines could be derived from donated, unused human embryos created by couples seeking fertility treatment, and that more than a third of zygotes fail to implant after conception, so those would be lost by chance anyway.
Specter is a leading
proponent of stem
cell research and is currently trying to raise enough support for H.R. 810 to override the president's veto.
Paying for human eggs, many bioethicists argue, commodifies a human resource; Sandel, for example, a
proponent of both
research cloning and embryonic stem
cell research, opposes the idea of financial inducement for what he calls «human reproductive capacity.»
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, stem
cell researcher Sean Morrison, an outspoken
proponent of allowing
research on human embryonic stem
cells (hESCs) in the state, has been wooed to Texas by its $ 3 billion state cancer
research program.
Proponents of destructive human embryonic stem
cell research have all too often been quick to dismiss ethical concerns over the commodification and destruction of human life, concerns, they say, that represent an obstacle to the pursuit of science.
Since 1991, when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (a degenerative brain disorder that affects movement), actor Michael J. Fox has been a vocal
proponent for stem
cell research.
One of the earliest to recognize the breadth and depth of potential stem
cell therapies, Weissman founded two companies (SyStemix and StemCells, Inc.) and has been an outspoken
proponent of cloning for
research purposes.