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...that time, some in the scientific community may voice concerns that the new guidelines are still too restrictive. The NIH falls short of proposing the use of federal dollars to create new embryos specifically for research purposes. The guidelines would only allow funding for stem cell lines generated from embryos that were "created for reproductive purposes, were no longer needed for this purpose, [or] were donated for research purposes." That means that researchers can only extract stem cells from existing embryos that would be discarded in the IVF process...
...says its proposed guidelines reflect the public consensus about what is acceptable. "We believe there is strong broad support to use federal funds to conduct human embryonic stem cell research on cell lines derived from embryos created for reproductive purposes and no longer needed for that purpose," NIH's acting director, Dr. Raynard Kington, said in a teleconference. "Twice there has been legislation that would allow such use that passed both the House and Senate. There is not similar broad support for using federal funds for stem cells derived for other purposes...
...advances, the NIH's policy may change. The agency will continue to fund studies of an exciting new method for generating patient-specific stem cells, without using embryos at all, and, if the public is comfortable with it, might one day allow the study of embryos created specifically for research purposes. "NIH is committed to revising the guidelines in the future as appropriate," he said. "As the science changes, we will take note...
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...Lama will visit the Boston area at the end of April, and plans to spend two days at Harvard during his stay. Harvard faculty and staff have been preparing for the Dalai Lama’s visit on April 30th for the past year, according to Lobsang Sangay, a research fellow at Harvard Law School who served as the coordinator of the Dalai Lama’s visit to New England. Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, will spend his time in the area giving talks and participating in conferences. He has travelled to Harvard twice in the past...