Word: stemming
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...bill introduced last month by Senate President Robert Travaglini would clarify existing state law and make stem cell research explicitly legal in Massachusetts...
Currently, the law requires researchers to receive permission from their respective district attorneys to experiment with stem cells...
...various legislators hammer out the moral and scientific implications of stem cell research, researchers at Harvard’s Stem Cell Institute eagerly await the bill’s passage, which would ultimately help the Institute acquire funding and enhance future experiments...
...emphasized that Massachusetts should take advantage of its research institutes in order to stay on a competitive level with other states, such as California, which has already set aside $3 billion for stem cell research...
Charles Jennings, Executive Director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, noted that a failure to pass the bill would not spell the end of the Institute, which could still apply for permission to conduct research from the District Attorney’s Office...