Friday January 3, 2003

BUSH POLICY FAVOURING ADULT STEM CELL RESEARCH ANGERS EMBRYO RESEARCHERS

WASHINGTON, January 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Bush Administration's awarding of $1 million in funding for five adult stem cell studies is being met with predictable complaints from scientists who, without evidence, claim that experimentation on human embryos will prove more fruitful.

"If they spent the same amount of money on embryonic stem cells, we'd be on the verge of clinical trials right now," claimed Dr. Robert Lanza without a shred of evidence. Lanza is employed by the Advanced Cell Technology company in Worcester, which performs experiments on human embryos.

The American Society for Cell Biology, in Bethesda, Md., which has more than 10,000 members, also blames the Bush Administration for difficulties in gaining access to more than two of the 78 pre-existing stem cell lines with which the President has authorized research.

To read coverage from United Press International see:
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030102-045715-9422r

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