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.
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.
Not exact matches
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).
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
And yet again, when presented with the case for
embryonic stem cell research primarily on the grounds
of curing disease, the respondents expressed
support.
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.
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].