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...Bioethics raises big questions for political theory because the genetic revolution forces us to reexamine relations between humans and nature,” he says. As a member of Bush's 17-person bioethics counsel, Sandel voted against reproductive cloning, but remains in favor of cloning techniques used for stem cell research. This month, he formulated that line of thinking in an Atlantic Monthly cover story headlined "The Case Against Perfection...
...diabetes, it altered the course of his research—ultimately, it would change Melton’s life. Since the diagnoses, Melton has become one of Harvard’s most public academics. In 1999, he testified before the Senate, making a personal plea for approval of stem-cell research. This November, he developed a semi-subversive program to push his research forward despite government embargos. And in March, Harvard announced Melton would be co-director of a multi-million dollar center for stem cell research based at the University...
Since he learned of his childrens’ affliction 14 years ago, Melton and his team have focused their work on using stem cells, tissue extracted from frozen human embryos, to develop a cure for diabetes. But prohibitions laid down by the Bush administration three years ago narrowed their research to a set of only 15 approved lines, which Melton has criticized as limited in quality and diversity...
...take matters into his own hands. Government provisions only apply if scientists use federal money to do their research. Working with money lent by private donors—including Harvard University, the government of Singapore and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation—Melton built his own supply of stem cells. In a two year process, he procured a set of 17 cell lines from a Boston in-vitro fertilization clinic, which extracted the tissue from discarded embryos whose donors gave written consent...
...Summers added that how you draw the line and provide the resources is an increasingly complicated question, not only with regards to the curriculum, but also with two of Harvards most recent initiatives, the new financial aid policy and the launch of a center to encourage stem cell research...