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The Stem Cell Debate

On Aug. 9, 2001, President Bush banned federal funding for research on embryonic stem cells created after that date. Advocates of stem cell research are pushing Congress to remove many of the restrictions, but social conservatives are fighting to keep the president's policies in place.

cloned human embryos used to generate stem cells
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A Clear Line on Stem Cells
THE SWIRL of controversy that greeted President Obama's executive order lifting the ban on federal funding of stem cell research in March didn't make a significant return when the final rules were released over the summer. That's because the National Institutes of Health successfully navigated a...
 
July 18: Op-Ed By Fill Frist
Meeting Stem Cells' Promise -- Ethically
I am pro-life. I recognize that human life begins at conception; before coming to the Senate, I spent my life practicing medicine in order to save lives. Today, as the Senate discusses legislation about cutting-edge biological research, we will shape our debate around three separate proposals. All...

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What He Leaves Behind : Late Senator's Staff Became The Other Kennedy Family (Post, August 28, 2009)
 
Researchers May Have Found Equivalent of Embryonic Stem Cells (Post, July 24, 2009)
 
Rules on Stem Cell Research Are Eased: More Lines Eligible For Federal Funding (Post, July 7, 2009)
 
N.Y. to Pay for Eggs for Stem Cell Research: Policy Is a First Among States; Critics Fear That Women Will Be Exploited (Post, June 26, 2009)
 
Stem-Cell Guidelines Are a Good Start (Post, June 3, 2009)
 
New Rules on Stem Cells Threaten Current Research (Post, May 25, 2009)
 
Compromise Rules Issued on Embryonic Stem Cells (Post, April 18, 2009)
 
Stem Cell Sense: NIH research guidelines avoid some moral minefields. (Post, April 18, 2009)
 
Should Stem Cell Research Ban Have Been Lifted? (Post, March 14, 2009)
 
Obama's Order on Stem Cells Leaves Key Questions to NIH (Post, March 10, 2009)
 
Obama Reverses Bush Policy on Stem Cell Research: The Ban on Federal Funding Is Lifted (Post, March 10, 2009)
 
Stem Cell Questions: President Obama lifts the limits on federally funded research but puts off key moral questions. (Post, March 10, 2009)
 
U.S. Stem Cell Funds Freed; Md. Debates Its Own (Post, March 10, 2009)
 
Obama To Loosen Stem Cell Funding: Move Will Repeal Limits On Embryonic Research (Post, March 7, 2009)
 
Researchers Find Safer Way to Produce Stem Cell Alternative: Skin Cells Transformed Without Worrisome Use of Viruses (Post, March 2, 2009)
 
Scientists Await Action on Stem Cells: Some Proponents Had Expected Obama to Immediately Reverse Bush Policies (Post, February 19, 2009)
 
Government Approves Study Using Human Embryonic Stem Cells (Post, January 24, 2009)
 
THE AGENDA: Stem Cell Solution (By Ronald M. Green, November 12, 2008)
 
Stem Cell Firm Marks A Week of Milestones (Post, November 10, 2008)
 
Scientists Report Advance in Stem Cell Alternative (Post, September 26, 2008)
 
Dozens of Research Trials Explore Use of Stem Cells Against Diseases (Post, September 2, 2008)
 
State Weighs Tabling Stem Cell Funding (Post, February 22, 2008)
 
Lab Cites Stem Cell Advance: Method of Harvest Could Leave Embryos Undamaged (Post, January 11, 2008)
 
Scientists Cure Mice Of Sickle Cell Using Stem Cell Technique: New Approach Is From Skin, Not Embryos (Post, December 7, 2007)
 
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Stem Cell Opinions

Support for Life-Saving Transplants (Post, August 22, 2009)

Stem-Cell Guidelines Are a Good Start (Post, June 3, 2009)

The Principle At Stake at Notre Dame (Post, April 29, 2009)

Stem Cell Sense (Post, April 18, 2009)

Keeping Debate Open at Notre Dame (Post, April 5, 2009)
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Stem Cell Science

Researchers May Have Found Equivalent of Embryonic Stem Cells (Post, July 24, 2009)

N.Y. to Pay for Eggs for Stem Cell Research (Post, June 26, 2009)

New Rules on Stem Cells Threaten Current Research (Post, May 25, 2009)

A Possible Step Toward Setting the Biological Clock (Post, April 13, 2009)

Obama To Loosen Stem Cell Funding (Post, March 7, 2009)
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