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...McCain’s runningmate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, has opposed federal funding for embryonic stem cell work since before she broke onto the national stage...
...Stem cell research that would ultimately end in the destruction of life, I couldn’t support,” she said...
Though federal funding rules for this research appear likely to change no matter which candidate is elected, the recent discovery of less controversial approaches to creating stem cells might render the point moot. McCain and Palin have said this potential is reason to hope there will one day be no need for embryonic methods...
...Harvard’s leading scientists—some actively pursuing the new approach to stem cells—have responded by saying work on both methods needs to continue...
Indeed, the new breakthroughs that might eliminate the need for embryonic stem cells have only been made possible because of previous work performed with embryonic stem cells, according to Matthias Stadtfeld, a Harvard scientist who has recently published papers on non-embryonic stem cells...