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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2001 93(16):1192-1193; doi:10.1093/jnci/93.16.1192
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 16, 1192-1193, August 15, 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press

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Embryonic Stem Cell Debate Brings Politics, Ethics to the Bench

Charles Marwick

GoThe promise of human embryonic stem cell research has placed Bush administration policy-makers in an irresolvable quandary.


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  		The National Institutes of Health submitted a status report on stem cell research to Tommy Thompson in June. At press time, President Bush had not made a decision regarding the federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.

 
In trying to decide whether such work should receive federal funds, the administration has heard from people offering glowing predictions of the benefits that could be obtained by pursuing studies with such cells and from those who believe that research using such cells is unethical, since to obtain them involves destroying fertilized human embryos.

"There’s no way to satisfy both parties on this one," said LeRoy Walters, Ph.D., professor of Christian ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

The existence of stem cells has been known for decades, but it was only in 1998 that ways to . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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