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...EFFECT Embryonic-cell research could take cash from work on adult cells. Could be conservatives' next battle...
Opponents of embryonic stem-cell research argue that more money should be spent researching adult stem cells. Hidden within bone marrow and organs, these stem cells replace old cells in the body. Scientists have isolated and replicated some, but adult stem cells are not capable of developing into any other cell type...
...EFFECT Like adult-stem-cell research, work on umbilical blood cells will compete for dollars with embryonic cells...
...create a new embryo, biologists implant the nucleus of an adult-donor cell into an egg-cell membrane. After extracting stem cells from the embryo, scientists may be able to grow cells and organs that are genetically identical to the donor's. Those could be implanted in the donor without fear of rejection...
...attended the July Oval Office meeting, says he does not recall Kass's coming down one way or the other. "He seemed somewhat ambivalent on the topic," says Callahan. In one of his anticloning articles, however, Kass appears to oppose embryonic research in general. "By pouring our resources into adult stem-cell research," he writes, "...we can avoid the morally and legally vexing issues in embryo research...