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...It’s been a discouragement for new talented individuals who wanted to come in to the field,” said Amy J. Wagers, an assistant professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School who also works with stem cells at the Harvard-affiliated Joslin Diabetes Center. “They wonder if their career will be well-supported in the long term...
...contrast, Obama has long been a strong proponent of expanding government support for embryonic stem cell research, backing legislation in the Illinois State Senate to permit the research at state research institutes. His support carried over to the U.S. Senate, when he joined 40 of his colleagues in co-sponsoring a bill to direct federal funding towards embryonic stem cell research...
...strongly support expanding research on stem cells. I believe the restrictions that President Bush has placed on funding of human embryonic stem cell research have handcuffed our scientists and hindered our ability to compete with other nations,” Obama said recently. “As president, I will lift the current administration’s ban on federal funding of research on embryonic stem cell lines...
...After eight years of the Bush Administration’s restrictive policies on embryonic stem cell research and shrinking federal support for basic science, scientists said that they are looking forward to seeing the changes that the next four years will bring...
...hope for greater opportunity overall and the lessening of ongoing concerns,” said Wagers. “The NIH budget itself has been shrinking, so it’s not just a problem with stem cells, but with biomedical research and even basic biological research...