Ever since human stem cells were first isolated in 1998, the possible applications of stem
cell research and the moral issues surrounding such research have created much …

In November 2004 the voters of California passed Proposition 71 (the California Stem Cell
Research and Cures Bond Act), which authorized the expenditure of $3 billion for stem cell …

Abstract The United States Congress and more than 28 state legislatures have considered
spending billions of taxpayer dollars on stem cell research over the next several years. The …

As the stem cell debate proceeds, the United States is heading towards a patchwork process
of state activity that, although it cries out for a national solution, is likely only to get worse as …

On August 9, 2001, President George W. Bush announced that federal funding of stem cell
research would be limited to research involving those cell lines that had been created prior …

Stem cells present an intriguing dilemma. They tantalize with their boundless medical
potential, but challenge with equally limitless questions about their ethical consequences. If …

There are few areas of modern biomedical research that have aroused as much controversy
as stem cells. Scientists, physicians, patients and patient advocacy groups tend to …

On August 9, 2001, President George W. Bush announced a change in federal policy
allowing federal money to fund embryonic stem (" ES") cell research on selected ES cell …

" We have arrived at that brave new world that seemed so distant in 1932, when Aldous
Huxley wrote about human beings created in test tubes," 1 remarked President Bush as he …

Human stem cell research and its possible connection to human cloning (ie, somatic cell
nuclear transfer) has been the subject of much debate recently. Significant confusion exists …