Three years have passed since August 9, 2001, when PresidentGeorge W. Bush drew a line in the sand: he announced that researchon human embryonic stem cells created before that date wouldbe supported by federal dollars; research on lines created laterwould not. The President's policy has severely curtailed opportunitiesfor U.S. scientists to study the cell lines that have sincebeen established, many of which have unique attributes or representinvaluable models of human disease.
Some 128 new human embryonic stem-cell lines have been producedworldwide since the President's announcement.1 Douglas Meltonet al. of Harvard University . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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