Embryonic Stem Cell Research
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- Bad Bargain. Forbes, Steve // Forbes Asia;11/14/2005, Vol. 1 Issue 7, p15
The article discusses issues related to the approval by the U.S. House of Representatives of a legislation for the federal government to fund embryonic stem cell research. The good that comes from embryonic stem cell research has been thoroughly overhyped. It has yet to provide a single cure for...
- Speaking of Stem Cells�. Hoffman, Michelle // Drug Discovery & Development;Nov2006, Vol. 9 Issue 11, p8
The author reflects on the stem cell research as an election issue as well as on the reasons against funding such research in the U.S. She highlights the most common argument concerning the morality of creating life just to destroy it. The author also notes that the cells are not just useful for...
- Selling Out for Science. Guterl, Fred; Cunningham, Jaime; Raymond, Joan; Brownell, Ginanne // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);11/8/2004, Vol. 144 Issue 19, p54
Focuses on the debate over stem cells in the United States. Claim that some scientists have exaggerated stem cells' potential for cures; Reference to a proposition in California that would give $3 billion to human embryonic stem cell research; Research conducted by Hans Kierstead of the...
- Selling Out for Science. Guterl, Fred; Cunningham, Jaime; Raymond, Joan; Brownell, Ginanne // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);11/8/2004, Vol. 144 Issue 19, p46
Focuses on the debate over stem cells in the United States. Claim that some scientists have exaggerated stem cells' potential for cures; Reference to a proposition in California that would give $3 billion to human embryonic stem cell research; Research conducted by Hans Kierstead of the...
- Europe fragmented over embryonic stem cell research. Birmingham, Karen // Journal of Clinical Investigation;Aug2003, Vol. 112 Issue 4, p458
Reports on the opposition of some member states to guidelines on embryonic stem (ES) cell research proposed by the European Commission aimed at appeasing Catholic countries and stemming a brain drain in July 2003. Impact of the proposal on ES research; Aim of brain drain; Reason for the...
- Will Stem Cell Policy Evolve? Heath, Erin // BioScience;Dec2005, Vol. 55 Issue 12, p1040
The article reflects on the possibility of embryonic stem cell research policy in the U.S. It is revealed that government restrictions on funding embryonic stem cell research continue to serve as problems to scientists. Opponents of embryonic stem cell research argue that it is unethical to...
- The 110th Congress can end debate about embryonic stem cell research. Bartlett, Roscoe // Hill;1/22/2008, Vol. 15 Issue 6, p15
The article focuses on the call to end the embryonic stem cell research controversy in the U.S. The author believes that it is not necessary to spend federal taxpayer money to sacrifice the life of human embryos to advance embryonic stem cell research. He stresses that the research violates the...
- Patents, Royalties, and Publicly Funded Stem Cell Research. Debaets, Amy Michelle // Ethics & Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics;Fall2005, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p188
The article offers views on the controversy over the public funding of human embryonic stem cell research. It provides information on the state of the embryonic stem cell research in California and New Jersey. Potential of human embryonic stem cell lines in the U.S. is discussed. It suggests the...
- Can lab-grown sperm restore fertility? Baines, Emma // GP: General Practitioner;7/21/2006, p16
This article focuses on a media report based on a study which showed that sperm grown in vitro from embryonic stem cells are capable of fertilizing eggs and producing live offspring. During the study, the researchers genetically altered mouse embryonic stem cells. The researchers stated that the...
