Stem-cell research issue continues to divide country
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Embryonic stem-cell research is polarizing America as much as George Bush and John Kerry. And the issue has become just as political.
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Scientists around the country who study embryonic stem cells may be mourning four more years of President Bush&#39;s restrictive funding policy, but California scientists are throwing a party, and top researchers in less-funded states are hoping for
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A debate over an unproven hypothesis, which says cancers are fed by cancerous stem cells, could affect the direction of research.
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Having been trained as an engineer and having worked as one for several decades, I find it hard to comprehend why so many people have any moral dilemma with the question of stem cell research.
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Britain's leading scientific institution  said Monday it is urging countries to back a campaign to stop a  possible ban on stem cell research as part of a global treaty  banning human cloning. The London-based Royal Society is  stepping up its drive to push the United Nations to ban the  cloning of babies, but to make no ruling on using the  technology for medical research, or therapeutic cloning, at its  59th General Session in October. The 191-nation U.N. General  Assembly is divided over whether to allow therapeutic cloning  to continue or to adopt a broad cloning ban championed by the  Bush administration and Costa Rica with strong backing from the  U.S. anti-abortion movement and many predominantly Roman  Catholic nations.
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When Californians go to the polls, they won't simply be choosing a US president, they may also redraw the scientific map and make their state a global hub of embryonic stem cell research.
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A scientific revolution of sorts is underway, with California taking a giant lead in the race to see which states become centers for basic research using human embryonic stem cells.
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Stem Cell Sciences, an Australian biotechnology company which recently moved its headquarters to Edinburgh, Scotland, is offering scientists worldwide, unconditional access to a new embryonic stem-cell line.
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A panel discussion on stem cell research brought a variety of experts on all sides of the issue to the Capital Region Thursday. It was sponsored by Albany Law School and Albany Medical College.
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The highly contentious issue of cloning is back on the U.N. agenda, with support among member states for a treaty banning human cloning but divisions over the use of human embryos for medical research.
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A proposal to spend &#36;3 billion in California state funds on stem-cell research is likely to attract scientists and create jobs, but some critics question whether the investment will pay off.
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A court rejects claims that California's burgeoning stem-cell agency is plagued by conflicts of interest. Once all legal hurdles are cleared, the agency can seek Wall Street funding. By the Associated Press.
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The death of actor Christopher Reeve is reverberating through the presidential campaign as both sides tussle over the issue of stem-cell research.
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Californians voted Tuesday to spend &#36;3 billion on stem cell research, putting the state on the cutting edge of a field questioned by conservatives and the Bush administration. Arizonans approved a crackdown on illegal immigrants, and 11 states from Georgia to Oregon adopted bans on same-sex marriage.
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HUSH-HUSH: California's new stem cell agency isn't telling the public much about how it's being organized or where it will ultimately spend &#36;3 billion in taxpayer money.
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If verified, the research could shake up the debate over human embryo research that has divided the country for the past six years.
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Some of the world&#39;s top scientists, ethicists and policy experts on stem cell research gathered yesterday at the Salk Institute in La Jolla to speak about both the promise and ethical perils tied to the young field.