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...first science building will have the stem cell project, chemical biology and systems biology and some portion of engineering,” said University Provost Steven E. Hyman, who chaired the task force, yesterday...
Brownback, who co-authored the Human Cloning Prohibition Act, has been an outspoken critic of embryonic stem cell research because it requires the use of a living human embryo...
While Brownback said he thought the issue should be debated, he emphasized that in a world of finite resources the government should only fund “ethical and promising research.” He said that adult stem cell research meets that criteria because they have led to treatment in “at least 58 illnesses” and don’t require the destruction of an embryo, while embryonic stem cell research has yet to develop a treatment and does require an embryo to be destroyed...
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...
Prentice said evidence suggests that embryonic stem cells may not be as useful as initially thought, while adult stem cells are showing capabilities beyond previous expectations. He also cited the success of adult stem cell research in comparison with embryonic stem cell research...