When
embryonic stem cell research came up, Johnson stated that such research has been «overhyped.»
Not exact matches
In fact, when the 2007 paper
came out, the commentaries in most scientific publications were quick to point out that, despite the success with adult
cells, there was still a need to continue embryo - destructive
research and that it would be critical to the advancement of science that
research on
embryonic stem cells continue.
Many scientists credit it with providing a safe harbor for
embryonic stem cell research, which has often
come under political attack, and boosting
stem cell research more broadly.
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 the following years, advocates were also actively engaged in Washington, D.C, encouraging policymakers to broaden
embryonic stem cell research funding, which was ultimately passed after President Barack Obama
came into office.
Working with mouse
embryonic stem cells (mESCs), scientists at the IBS Center for RNA
Research have
come one step closer to understand how to control induced pluripotent
stem cells.
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.
Prescinding from the ethical questions, my own view is that there are scientifically interesting things that can
come of
embryonic stem -
cell research, but that even without regulation, it wouldn't be central.
Organized by the South Dakotans for Lifesaving Cures, the petition drive
comes eight months after President Barack Obama overturned a 2001 order by then - President George W. Bush that barred the National Institutes of Health from funding
embryonic stem cell research beyond the existing
stem cell lines.
The battle between Bush and Congress
comes as polls show growing support for
embryonic stem -
cell research.
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com)-- As the Senate prepares to tackle the thorny issue of forcing taxpayers to fund
embryonic stem cell research in the
coming weeks, two senators are reintroducing a bill that would institute a national ban on all forms of human cloning.
And so it's really great that
embryonic stem cell research was there for us, and also that most of these leads that we're talking about today
came from
embryonic stem cell research.
«When the [
embryonic stem cell research bill]
comes up, we were not able to get a clean shot at a prohibition on human cloning, which is why we're introducing the bill now,» he said.