Sentences with phrase «embryonic stem cell research do»

With which of the following opinions regarding embryonic stem cell research do you agree more?

University of Wisconsin scientist, James A. Thomson, who first derived ESCs from embryos, has said «if human embryonic stem cell research does not make you at least a little bit uncomfortable, you have not thought about it enough.»

Wicker, no political naïf, brought out the big rhetorical ammo, reminding the senators that it was Jamie Thomson, the University of Wisconsin scientist who first reported isolating the cells in 1998, who said: «If human embryonic stem cell research does not make you at least a bit uncomfortable, you have not thought about it enough.»

Heaven forfend the U.S. be left behind in a post about religion and politics: Obama's move to lift the ban of federal funding of embryonic stem cell research didn't sit well with several U.S. states, which have now passed or are considering legislation to outlaw some forms of the work.

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What do you think of President Obama's decision to increase federal dollars for embryonic stem cell research?

The fundamental impediment to our acceptance of embryonic stem cell research has to do with destruction of the human embryo.

In the time of all this fighting we've had [over embryonic stem - cell research]-- which did slow down this [adult stem - cell] research — in the last year we've advanced ten years.»

• President Obama did not go half far enough in lifting the ban against federal funding for embryonic stem - cell research.

Just don't try telling me tomorrow you are for gay rights and embryonic stem cell research and we'll both be consistent

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.

Example in point: Opposition to embryonic stem cell / human cloning research: It isn't anti science to oppose treating nascent human life like a corn crop or manufacturing embryos, anymore than it is anti science than the Animal Welfare Act the proscribes what can and can't be done in scientific research with some mammals.

Starting in 2007, in the same French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) lab where he did his Ph.D., Catelain worked to harness the potential of embryonic stem cells for treating cardiac diseases.

Does human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research violate the law?

What federal oversight should embryonic stem cell research have that other forms of biomedical research, including those involving human subjects, do not already have?

The final guidelines on research with human embryonic stem cells issued on Monday by the National Institutes of Health set out criteria for determining which ES cell lines can be used in federally funded experiments and give NIH discretion to approve old lines that don't meet stringent modern ethical requirements.

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.

Given these facts, I do not understand why we should prefer an ethically and scientifically doubtful method like embryonic stem cell research.

«Genetically, this type of clone is still a member of our species,» says David Prentice, a cellular biologist at Indiana State University and cofounder of Do No Harm, a group of scientists favoring alternatives to embryonic stem cell research.

Unlike embryonic stem cells, the use of adult stem cells in research and therapy is not controversial because the production of adult stem cells does not require the destruction of an embryo.

But last April he also voted for the HOPEAct, a Bush - supported «compromise» bill that would open up federal funding for research that does not involve the creation, destruction, or injury of embryos; seeing as there are not yet any embryonic stem cells lines that meet this condition (ACT hasn't yet proven that their technique poses no «risk of injury»), the HOPE funding would only be available for non-embryonic stemcells.

Although Morrison doesn't study embryonic stem cells — his area is adult stem cells, including how they develop into cancer cells — he pushed for a 2008 ballot proposal in Michigan that overturned a law restricting hESC research.

They don't require the use of embryos, so they avoid some of the ethical and legal issues that have complicated research with embryonic stem cells.

How does the government's limits on embryonic stem cell research affect you?

Please do not allow yourself to be misled into thinking that the only hope for your grandson lies with embryonic stem cell research.

Instead of starting with embryonic stem cells, as Astellas does, several other research groups are working with retinal progenitor cells found in the eye.