Word: stemming
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...Funding with certain conditions: Most agree this is the most attractive path for Bush; researchers would be permitted to continue research on stem cells gathered from "surplus" embryos, those fertility center blastocysts that would be discarded anyway. Funding limitations would not permit the creation of embryos for the sole purpose of harvesting stem cells; Bush would also encourage more extensive research into the usefulness of adult stem cells...
...funding: An unlikely, but conceivable path for the President would see the end of all federal funding for any kind of embryonic stem cell research. Bush would call for scientists to use adult cells only. Any further research on embryonic cells would fall to privately funded studies...
...been more successful than ever at capturing and holding the nation?s attention. Riding last week's streak of legislative victories, Bush riveted the nation (or at least the media) with his announcement Thursday morning that he would make a decision on the controversial issue of federal funding for stem-cell research. Thursday night, President Bush told the nation in a brief televised address that he would support very limited research on embryonic stem cells. Scientists may use an estimated $250 million of federal funds to continue their research, but only using the existing lines of stem cells (the precise...
...firm, and to many in the pro-research corner, suffocating, line: No further stem cells may be extricated from embryos, even those being discarded by fertility clinics. Meanwhile, pro-life advocates, grumbling that Bush had broken his campaign promise to ban research altogether, gave only grudging approval to the President?s decision. It was just as many had predicted: Bush had managed to completely please no one while trying to please everyone and keep peace with his own conscience...
...Suddenly, early Thursday morning, Bush made an unexpected announcement: He had reached a decision on the question of stem cell research, and would make a statement at 9 p.m. EST. The toughest decision of his Presidency, one which he had, in spin-room terms, "agonized over" for weeks, had finally been resolved...