Stem_Cell_Research

Stem Cell Research On August 9, 2001, President George W. Bush finally made a decision on the most recent controversial issue of federal funding for stem-cell research. In a brief televised address, he told the nation that he would support very limited research on embryonic stem cells. Scientists would be able to use an estimated $250 million of federal funds to continue their research, but only through the use of existing lines of stem cells (estimated between a quantity of twelve and sixty) obtained from embryos that had already been destroyed. The President cited the "prospect of saving and improving life at all its stages" and encouraged scientists to consider using adults, animals and placentas for stem cell sources. His decision was predictable. Through the support of limited research, he managed not to take sides, positioning himself in the middle of this heated debate. However, it did not put an end to the research altogether; private research on embryonic stem cells may continue in the U.S. and abroad, as it has for years, through private, instead of federal funding. What makes stem cell research so unique is that it is a relatively new technology in today’s modern world of stem, cells, research, human, embryos, embryonic, cell, adult, been, scientists, cloning, life, therapeutic, potential, one, even, destroyed, blood, because, already, unethical, tissue, medical, diseases, debate, body, using, through, successfully, sources, shown, put, patients, muscle, just