Sentences with phrase «of embryonic stem cell research if»
Obama's administration allowed federal funding of embryonic stem cell research if the following conditions applied:
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If we are against the use of stem cell research on the basis of embryonic destruction, shouldn't we also be against in - vitro fertilization clinics because there are always excess embryos that get discarded?
«It's an exciting development, and we await the outcome over the next year to see how well these cells integrate, and if there are any potential adverse reactions,» says Mike Cheetham of the Institute of Ophthalmology at University College London, one site where research is under way into a human embryonic stem - cell treatment for AMD.
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.
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.
I think a lot of people were led to believe — and to what extent scientists were responsible for this is an interesting question — that if only the regulations were relaxed, embryonic stem - cell science would be central to our medical research and practice going into the future, and that it would massively alleviate suffering and produce cures for dreaded diseases.
Bush sought to honor the spirit, if not, perhaps, the letter, of Dickey - Wicker by providing funding for embryonic stem - cell research without incentivizing further embryo destruction.
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.»
The Society believes that research involving the transfer of a human nucleus into an animal egg will lead to important new knowledge about cell nuclear replacement (CNR) technology and, if it were to prove possible to produce embryonic stem cells by this route, would increase understanding of how to programme these cells to develop into different tissue types.