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To the Editor: In the pursuit of scientific truth, one of the most basic principles is the rigorous exclusion of preexisting bias. Without such exclusion, scientific investigation and experimentation have no validity. Blackburn's account of the recent restructuring of the President's Council on Bioethics (April 1 issue)¹ raises the question of why this council, when dealing with an issue of such enormous scientific importance as the future of stem-cell research, is not held to the same standard. If Blackburn is correct, the council's ability to render unbiased recommendations is fatally compromised. Medical research conducted with the same bias would be . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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