Word: stemming
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...back to school for a refresher course in cellular biology. This was political science at its most scientific--and its most political. It is no accident that the vote came just as George W. Bush is poised to announce his decision on whether to allow federal funding of embryonic-stem-cell research. A majority of Americans and members of Congress favor such research, which holds great promise in curing such diseases as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and diabetes. Whatever Bush decides, in the end it will probably be left to Congress to craft a compromise over all kinds of research...
...human embryos for any purpose and punish violators with 10 years in jail and a $1 million fine. The alternative amendment, introduced by Republican Jim Greenwood of Pennsylvania, would also bar reproductive cloning but would allow "therapeutic cloning," in which scientists create embryos in order to harvest the precious stem cells that can be derived from them. Shut that research down, argue the scientists, and the most promising frontier in medicine is suddenly off limits. Let it proceed, say opponents, and you have crossed a line toward the manufacture of humans as tools, and there is no going back...
...that Tom Daschle?s home state of South Dakota will feel like Texas in August, and Texas in August will feel like?Well, just ask Bush, who goes to Texas in August to relax, golf, and think about stem cells. (And take the SUV for the occasional spin around the ranch...
...this is bigger than economic stimulus. Bigger than George Pataki. Bigger than Bush's decision to provide federal funds for only the evil, godless, life-cheapening stem cell research already begun. (Which, by the way, is very promising...
...Ironically, perhaps, the decision itself may in the end signify absolutely nothing: Congress can, and may, override the President?s ruling at any time. Bush?s $250 million budget for research is a tiny increase over previous years? allotments. And, perhaps most importantly, private research on embryonic stem cells will continue in the U.S. and abroad, as it has for years. But in a slow week, it was certainly good theater...