Word: stemming
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...fierce battle over embryonic stem-cell research didn't end with last year's presidential election. It turned into a state-by-state free-for-all. While antiabortion lawmakers in some states are trying to ban the research--which uses cells, above, from discarded embryos or donated, unfertilized eggs--others see a potential gold mine and are trying to attract biotech firms. It's another red-state/blue-state divide, with some twists. --By Mitch Frank...
TEXAS The legislature is considering a ban on stem-cell research. Governor Rick Perry wants to bar public funding, but Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, who may challenge Perry in next year's gubernatorial primary, supports state financing...
MISSOURI The state senate is weighing a ban on creating stem cells with unfertilized eggs--so-called therapeutic cloning. The Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City says it may build a new facility elsewhere...
Jennings also said that he was pleased to see the Weiners’ donation—particularly in light of Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s recent challenge to embryonic stem cell researchers...
...said that contributions such as theirs affirm the public’s confidence in therapeutic stem cell research...