Sentences with phrase «support embryonic stem»

I tried to say so myself at different times myself, even though I support embryonic stem - cell research.

So I was asked to get all the Nobel laureates in the country to sign a letter to support embryonic stem cell research, addressed to Harold Varmus, the head of the NIH.

He has guided us through such issues as the organ donor market (he opposed the sale of kidneys to the highest bidder), the Terri Schiavo case (he opposed government intervention to keep her alive), and the stem cell wars (he supports embryonic stem cell research).

After hearing a brief explanation that laid out the different sources of stem cells (but left undiscussed their current uses or future potential for therapy), the respondents offered a slightly more nuanced set of views, and only a slight majority (52 %) supported embryonic stem cell research.

Not exact matches

For instance, a strong resolution opposing embryonic stem cell research, which destroys human lives, passed with 97 percent support.

Sullivan went on to suggest that Chaput is using a double standard in the 2008 election by criticizing Catholic supporters of Barack Obama, while turning a blind eye to John McCain's support for embryonic stem cell research.

In August of last year, President Bush approved the use of federal funds to support research on a limited number of existing human embryonic stem cell lines.

Former Governor Martin O'Malley (D — MD) has supported stem - cell research involving human embryos (although he is a devout member of the Catholic Church, which has opposed many forms of embryonic stem cell research).

On March 9, AAAS thanked President Obama for his executive order on federal support for human embryonic stem cell research and for his memorandum on scientific integrity.

The year's most prominent science issue, federal support of embryonic stem cell research, is so controversial that the sons of Ronald Reagan gave dueling speeches at the opposing party conventions; Michael Reagan backs President George W. Bush's policies, including the ban on funding for research on new stem cell lines, while Ron supports Senator John Kerry's promise to lift restrictions.

Embryonic stem cells Both McCain and Obama support harvesting stem cells from embryos left over from in vitro fertilization.

Michael Sandel, a Harvard professor of political science who served for four years on President Bush's bioethics panel, said the committee's prolonged discussion of alternative methods of isolating embryonic stem cells could be viewed as an effort to diminish public support for the research.

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.

They point out that an accompanying report specifically declared that the Dickey Amendment «should not be construed to limit Federal support for research involving human embryonic stem cells.»

Democrat Hillary Clinton vows to end Bush's «assault on science» and has been the most vocal in her support of embryonic stem cell research.

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.

Continued support for biomedical research, and opposition to human embryonic stem cell studies.

Stem cell advocates say repeated votes by Congress — even if each will attract a veto — will help their eventual cause, and some hope Senator Tom Harkin (D - IA) will follow through on hints that he might put money in the 2008 budget for NIH to support work using embryonic stem ceStem cell advocates say repeated votes by Congress — even if each will attract a veto — will help their eventual cause, and some hope Senator Tom Harkin (D - IA) will follow through on hints that he might put money in the 2008 budget for NIH to support work using embryonic stem cestem cells.

The study, «Directed network wiring identifies a key protein interaction in embryonic stem cell differentiation,» was supported by the National Institutes of Health.

Research led by the Babraham Institute with collaborators in the UK, Canada and Japan has revealed a new understanding of how an open genome structure supports the long - term and unrestricted developmental potential in embryonic stem cells.

And yet again, when presented with the case for embryonic stem cell research primarily on the grounds of curing disease, the respondents expressed support.

Immortalized Fibroblast - Like Cells Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells Support Undifferentiated Cell Growth.

Preclinical Safety of Human Embryonic Stem Cell - Derived Oligodendrocyte Progenitors Supporting Clinical Trials In Spinal Cord Injury.

Professor Martinez - Arias and colleagues, supported by the European Research Council and the Wellcome Trust, have reconstructed these early stages of development using mouse embryonic stem cells.

Pluripotent stem cells — those, like embryonic stem cells, that give rise to almost every type of cell in the body — can be converted into the different classes of retinal cells necessary for vision, according to a new, RPB - supported study from researchers at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y.

The third and most recent round of grants awarded earlier this year for stem cell research by the state of Minnesota tracks a pattern established with the two earlier rounds of grants: a noticeable lack of support for human embryonic stem cell research.

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.

Fox told the audience of some 500 students and local residents that he received «a bloody nose» in 2006 for supporting candidates in races around the country who advocated for expanded embryonic stem cell research.

hPSCreg was established in 2007 as the European human embryonic stem cell registry and is supported by the European Commission.

Labs that derive new human embryonic stem cell lines are few, partly because they can not get financial support from federal sources.

The battle between Bush and Congress comes as polls show growing support for embryonic stem - cell research.

Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent, meaning they can generate all of the body's cell types but can not generate support structures like the placenta and umbilical cord.

Senators who supported federal funding of embryonic stem - cell research replaced four of those senators.

Lineage commitment in the mammalian embryo is most often depicted as a series of binary choices between alternate cell states, and increasing evidence supports the hypothesis that fate decisions in embryonic stem (ES) cell cultures reflect these developmental processes [1].