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...Still, Obama's Executive Order leaves intact a 1996 law, the Dickey-Wicker Amendment, which forbids the use of taxpayer dollars to create embryos solely for scientific study - for stem-cell or any other type of medical research in which the embryos would have to be destroyed. Without being able to create embryos and their stem cells specially for individual patients, researchers say there is a risk of incompatibility between patients and any stem cells created from unrelated embryos. Even though embryonic stem cells can be guided to become any type of cell in the body, if they are transplanted...
...Monday's Executive Order is less about pitting the promise of one type of stem cell against another's and more about re-establishing the authority of science, of ensuring that any and every potentially useful avenue of research will be pursued to its end. As the President noted, the new policy will not guarantee stem-cell treatments for diabetes, Parkinson's or Lou Gehrig's disease. But it does guarantee a commitment to the kind of promising research that this Administration - and many people in the scientific community - believe must be followed...
...potential to make some pretty jaw-dropping plays,” Pusar said. “It’s a good sign for the future when you have that type of athleticism on the roster...
...What kind of toll does that take on your mental health? You're moving constantly and assuming other identities. At the end of the day, you're not really left with very much. It is very difficult to manage that type of lifestyle...
...shot opportunities as opposed to us getting any kind of a flurry of shots,” Donato said. “Clemente was very solid, and I think they did what they needed to do. The first period, we didn’t play with the type of speed and puck movement that we were hoping for. We left a lot of shots on the board, but we never really created enough presence around their net, whether it was with traffic in front of their goalie, or plays in and around his feet, or second and third opportunities...