> > > Well, I guess stem cell research took a beating. The president slapped a veto on the bill that Congress passed. I'd be interested in hearing some opinions on that one.
> > > Howard
> >
> > Not the research itself, just the Federal funding of it.
>
> But isn't that the same thing? When I was teaching, the politicians often cut the funding for education programs. The money was cut, the programs suffered.
> Howard

Well, private funding for embryonic stem-cell research is still legal, but private funding comes to about 1% of what the government spends on these things. And many facilities will get both public and private funding, and they need to be very careful that they don't use test tubes paid for with public funds in privately sponsored research.

So this legislation will definately slow down stem-cell research in America, but probably not stop it.

And the blastocysts that would have been used in the research will instead be incinerated for no benefit.

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