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New Policies Help Bring Potential to Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

On March 11, 2009, President Obama over-turned the stem cell research policies instituted by George W. Bush in 2001. By eliminating these policies by executive order, President Obama is lifting the ban on federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research, and restoring research that defines the embryo as an organism derived by fertilization, [...]

Barack Obama and Stem Cell Research

 From the moment that scientists isolated human stem cells in November of 1998, this emerging field of medicine has been rife with controversy. The discussion largely mirrors the ethical debate over abortion.