Sentences with phrase «of human embryonic stem cell research»
The morality of human embryonic stem cell research has long been contentious, but new discoveries could end the controversy.
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The backgrounder below provides summary main points and sources on the position of current NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins in support of human embryonic stem cell research, human cloning, and the creation of ethically - questionable human - animal chimeras.
Robert Klein, chairman of the CIRM bragged that the grants «make us the highest funder of human embryonic stem cell research in the world.»
But though stem cell research in general is booming in Germany, the political implications of human embryonic stem cell research remain unresolved.
This barrier has been highly visible in the field of human embryonic stem cell research, where researchers in the United States must adhere to legislation and funding limitations that researchers in European countries have not faced.
So as President Bush nears the end of his term, the future of human embryonic stem cell research is as uncertain than ever.
I pray for the day when James A. Thomson and others in favor of human embryonic stem cell research think about it enough to be totally uncomfortable.
Daley, the associate director of the stem cell programme at Children's Hospital Boston, decried his opponents» portrayal of human embryonic stem cell research as replaceable with adult stem cell research or work on induced pluripotent cells.
In 2004 Blackburn and ethicist William F. May made headlines when the Bush administration ousted them from the President's Council on Bioethics for their strong public support of human embryonic stem cell research.
Dr Harris normally took a libertarian stand on bioethical issues and was a forceful and reliable supporter of human embryonic stem cell research, abortion, euthanasia, anonymous sperm donation, IVF for lesbians and single parents and so on.
In The Language of God, Collins included an appendix in which he explicitly dealt with the morality of human embryonic stem cell research.
To determine how valid the objection against funding of human embryonic stem cell research is because of its use of human embryos, it's important to understand two key aspects of hESCs» unique biology and derivation.