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Brownback’s keynote address was preceded by a debate between two scientists involved in cellular biology; Dr. Kevin C. Eggan, a junior fellow in Harvard’s Society of Fellows, and Dr. David A. Prentice of Indiana State University and the Family Research Council...
...Eggan spoke of the need to continue human embryonic stem cell research. He said adult stem cells have more limited research potential because unlike embryonic stem cells, they are unable to form every cell in the human body. He said that the possible benefit to the millions of people afflicted with diseases like diabetes and Parkinson’s outweighed the limited ethical concerns involved...
...forefront of stem cell research through the newly founded Harvard Stem Cell Institute. In January, University Provost Steven E. Hyman approved cloning human cells to generate stem cells as part of research conducted by Cabot Professor of Natural Sciences Douglas A. Milton and Harvard Biologist Kevin C. Eggan...
Earlier this year, Douglas A. Melton, co-director of the institute, and Harvard biologist Kevin C. Eggan appealed to the University’s ethical review boards to use stem cells extracted from cloned human embryos to study the development of diabetes, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease...