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...research—which was proposed by co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) and Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences Douglas A. Melton and Harvard biologist Kevin C. Eggan—was quietly approved by Hyman in January...
Similar research has been done outside of the United States by a few groups, according to Hyman...
...Hyman said yesterday that he decided to approve the project with the help of a University committee created explicitly to examine “the ethical boundaries of stem cell research...
...studied their recommendation in the context of the body of ethical literature that has been written on the subject, talked to the University general counsel, got outside guidance, and then wrote an approval,” Hyman said...
...Hyman said that even though there are deep moral questions involved in Melton and Eggan’s proposed research, he felt that it was important to move forward...