Sentences with phrase «embryonic stem cell research argue»

Proponents of embryonic stem cell research argue that restricting federal funding to a limited....

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Benedict argued that non-conjugal reproduction such as in vitro fertilization had created «new problems» ¯ the freezing of human embryos, for instance, and the selective abortion of medically implanted embryos, together with pre-implantation diagnosis, embryonic stem - cell research, and attempts at human cloning.

Breaking ranks with the Bush administration, Pirro said she favors embryonic stem cell research and argued the federal ban on assault weapons should not have been allowed to expire.

They then argue that «By creating a financial incentive for embryonic stem cell research — an incentive that by NIH's own admission involves investments of «hundreds of millions of dollars» — and by specifying the precise means by which embryos must be destroyed in order to qualify for federal funding, the NIH necessarily and knowingly subjects embryos to a substantial risk of injury or death.»

Collins and others argue not just for a permanent removal of the injunction to resume research with confidence, but also for an extension of the number of embryonic stem cell lines available to federally funded researchers.

Harvard embryologist Doug Melton argues that efforts to outlaw embryonic stem cell research are rooted in archaic notions of what is natural.

Lamberth granted a preliminary injunction on this research after hearing a petition from a group of advocates who argued that, contrary to the U.S. government's view, research on embryonic stem cells does in fact destroy embryos — action that is prohibited by legislation known as the «Dickey - Wicker Amendment» to the bill that funds the Department of Health and Human Services.

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.»

Many scientists argue that so - called research cloning, in which cloned human embryos might be used to produce embryonic stem (ES) cells, could be a boon to medicine.

Critics argue further that embryonic stem cell research is unnecessary because stem cells from adults are purportedly just as promising.

Yesterday, the same day an appeals court questioned lawyers about the case, the government filed documents in a lower court arguing that the lawsuit brought by two researchers who oppose human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research should be thrown out.

The Reagans argued that given enough research, embryonic stem cells could treat Alzheimer's, the disease that led to the death of the former president.

While the potential of adult stem cells has been understood for some time, researchers have argued that the pluripotency of embryonic stem cells — their ability to be transformed into most if not all of the various cell types of the body — make them more valuable both for research and potentially someday for treatment.

Benedict argued that non-conjugal reproduction such as in vitro fertilization had created «new problems» ¯ the freezing of human embryos, for instance, and the selective abortion of medically implanted embryos, together with pre-implantation diagnosis, embryonic stem - cell research, and attempts at human cloning.

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Collins warned of a «cloud hanging over this field,» of top US scientists potentially being driven into other disciplines or other countries, and of «severe collateral damage» to the burgeoning field of induced pluripotent stem cell research, which, he argued, relies on human embryonic stem cells as a «gold standard» comparator.

Scientists argue that this technology, like cloning and embryonic stem cell research, has huge potential to help people.

She argues that early research into embryonic stem cells have shown them to be largely unhelpful, while research using adult stem cells has cured or improved the outcome for such diseases as lupus and multiple sclerosis.

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.»