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controversy of stem cell research
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Little more than 10 years after University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher James Thomson first isolated and cultured human embryonic stem cells, President Barack Obama is poised Monday to reverse Bush- era restrictions on federal funding in a field that holds huge potential but generates intense controversy. The long-expected move should bolster the pace of stem cell research in the United States, where researchers have felt themselves at a disadvantage next to scientists elsewhere.
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Scientists from Japan and the United States have changed human skin cells into cells that look and behave like embryonic stem cells, a development that could be a turning point in the contentious debate over human embryonic stem-cell research. It's probably the beginning of the end for that controversy," said James Thompson , a stem-cell scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison whose lab was used by the U.S. research team. "I do believe that over time these new cells will be used by more and more labs, and embryonic stem cells will be gradually used by fewer and fewer labs.
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The Maryland Stem Cell Commission is facing a fresh round of ethics questions, and this time they have nothing to do with the controversy over embryonic stem cell research. The first-ever commission, a 15-member group charged with dispersing the state's $15 million for the funding of grants for stem cell-related research at public and private institutions, agreed from the beginning to fund both adult and embryonic research, a task left to it by the legislature and the governor.
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WE have long been strong supporters of embryonic stem cell research, despite the controversy that swirls around it and the presidential veto over federal funding that stunted it. But we share the excitement about a new breakthrough in this field, one that may hold the tantalizing possibility that embryonic stem cell research will be a thing of the past. What makes it particularly satisfying is that scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who first isolated human embryonic stem cells nearly 10 years ago, including James Thomson, are prominently involved in this development as well.
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SEOUL, South Korea South Korea pledged Friday to continue its support for cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-suk despite his resignation as the head of an international center for stem cell research in a controversy over the source of donor eggs. A trained veterinarian, Hwang is a national hero and gained international renown for his breakthroughs, including cloning the world's first human embryos and extracting stem cells from them. Earlier this year, he unveiled the world's first cloned dog.
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Whether stem-cell research will be a determining issue in the presidential election remains to be seen. But here's a return that's already in and counted: Stem-cell research has become the focus of a long-running controversy that pits scientific potential against beliefs about the beginnings of life.
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We have long been strong supporters of embryonic stem cell research, despite the controversy that swirls around it and the presidential veto over federal funding that stunted it. But we share the excitement about a new breakthrough in this field, one that may hold the tantalizing possibility that embryonic stem cell research will be a thing of the past. What makes it particularly satisfying is that scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who first isolated human embryonic stem cells nearly 10 years ago, including James Thomson, are prominently involved in this development as well.
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When you think of stem cell research, what do you think about? Embryos? Politics? Controversy?
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THE INTERNATIONAL community is split down the middle on a controversy central to our times. This has nothing to do with the future of the Middle East, stem cell research or global warming. The question confronting 2,500 astronomers from 75 countries in Prague this month is whether Pluto should be stripped of its planethood. You remember Pluto, the ninth planet from the sun. It's a plucky little ball of ice out there in the far reaches of the solar system.
