Word: stemming
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...CLONING Advanced Cell Technology of Worcester, Mass., acknowledged last week that it is trying to create cloned human embryos (euphemistically referred to as "entities") as sources for stem cells. The company has considered selling its stem cells to other researchers...
...MADE TO ORDER The Jones Institute in Virginia, where the first U.S. test-tube baby was conceived, has mixed sperm and eggs expressly to create embryos as sources for stem cells...
Since a lab in Virginia has already created made-to-order embryos for stem-cell research, and another in Massachusetts is cloning embryos for the same purpose, it's hard not to wonder: Is federal money really necessary? No matter what Bush decides, stem-cell research is sure to continue. But federal funding would dramatically change the scope of this research, widening the circle of scientists involved and most likely accelerating the rate at which cures are found...
...floodgates would open. Right now most scientists steer clear of stem-cell research because they have to: if any part of their lab receives federal money (and most do), they can't touch this research. If that changes, hundreds of labs across the country, including medical powerhouses like those at Harvard and M.I.T., would probably begin work on stem cells. Scientists would be able to share findings freely and review one another's conclusions. The government could choose to regulate how embryos are cultivated, handled and ultimately destroyed. Treatments would probably come sooner. Of course, there are no guarantees...
...unnecessarily) duplicated. Many of the nation's top scientists who would otherwise lead the research effort would remain on the sidelines. And commercial pressures could make private labs focus more on research that might turn a profit than on studies that advance general knowledge. Says James Thomson, the stem-cell pioneer: "Industry and other countries will go forward. The field will progress without federal funding, but very, very slowly...