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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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The reaction to the idea of state-funded stem-cell research has been as intense as it was predictable. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland has asked its members to voice opposition to the idea. The Christian Civic League of Maine has signaled its disapproval as well.
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JEFFERSON CITY - When U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof was seeking the presidency of the University of Missouri system, his position on embryonic stem cell research became an issue. The four-campus university system had just been caught up in a legislative controversy over whether embryonic stem cell research - or any research - should be allowed in buildings funded by a partial asset sale of the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority.
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ST. LOUIS - The University of Missouri Board of Curators yesterday moved to establish the new home for Ellis Fischel Cancer Center in a surgery tower built adjacent to University Hospital. Curators also approved modification of the design for a new Orthopaedics Institute. Plans for a new Ellis Fischel facility were cut from last year's MOHELA bill after controversy over the possibility that embryonic stem cell research might be conducted in a proposed new Life Sciences Center. This year, with revised plans for the cancer center in a tower attached to University Hospital, Gov. Matt Blunt promised $31.2 million for the project. So far, the General Assembly is on board.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Focus on the Family founder and chairman Dr. James C. Dobson has issued a bold challenge to the national news media, urging them to tell the American people the truth -- and not the politically correct party line -- when reporting on the growing controversy over embryonic stem-cell research. In a Friday speech before scores of journalists at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Dobson called it a "scandal" that Americans are being allowed to believe that President Bush's policy restricting the use of federal funds for embryonic stem- cell research is impeding progress on cures for diseases such as Alzheimer's.
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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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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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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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Perhaps the controversy over human stem-cell research could be cooled down if terms were clarified. I am not a scientist, so I checked reference books and found that an embryo is formed by sexual reproduction when a male sperm cell unites with a female egg cell or ovum. This union is called fertilization. According to news reports, South Korean researchers removed the nucleus of genes from the female ovum and inserted male or female DNA cells from another person in the egg. No male sperm was involved, so no fertilization took place. No embryo was formed. Therefore, it seems to this lay person that the resultant group of cells should not be considered an embryo. No potential person was in the process of developing, so no potential person died when the cells were harvested. The religious,...
