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The Stem-Cell Debate

The editors asked two members of the President's Council on Bioethics to address the following questions:

Research on human embryonic stem cells holds great promise for the development of therapies for chronic and debilitating diseases that are currently untreatable. Should the federal government of the United States provide funding for such research? If it does not provide such funding but effective stem–cell-based therapies are developed elsewhere, should their use be allowed in the United States?

Michael J. Sandel, D.Phil., is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University. Paul McHugh, M.D., is the Henry Phipps . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore.

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Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cells
George R. P., Lee P., Kay G. N., Pullicino P. M., Anderson R. E., Erickson C. P., Levick S. E., Sandel M. J., McHugh P.
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N Engl J Med 2004; 351:1687-1690, Oct 14, 2004. Correspondence

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