Hidden toll of embryo ethics war

“At its heart, the ongoing legal battle to block US federal funding for research on human embryonic stem (ES) cells seeks to protect embryos. But Nature has learned that in a bitter irony, the dispute seems to be holding up research on lines of human ES cells that can be derived without destroying embryos …” (more)

[Heidi Ledford, Nature, 14 March]

This entry was posted on 14 March 2011 at 5:04 pm and is filed under Legal issues, research with tags stem cells. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Hidden toll of embryo ethics war”

Peter Mooney Says:
18 March 2011 at 11:43 pm

This article just shows how far behind we are in Ireland. Fíne Gael propose a blanket ban on ES research. No debate, no consideration of the issues

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