NIH authorizes use of first human embryonic stem cells under new policy - washingtonpost.com »
Posted By Fi5herman 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The Obama administration Wednesday approved the first human embryonic stem cells for experiments by federally funded scientists under a new policy designed to dramatically expand government support for one of the most promising but also most contentious fields of biomedical research.
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oneironaut4203 months, 2 weeks ago
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Since I don't believe in your god, I need no forgiveness. But thanks anyhow.
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Regarding stem cell research...it seems to me that those who oppose it should refrain from making use of the medical advances that may come from it. However, we know that won't happen, don't we? *Wink, wink*
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bigurn3 months, 2 weeks ago
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Technologically speaking, embryonic stem cell research has been going on for a while. Up to this administration, it was not Federally funded.
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The real kickers for me are: 1) Why is the Federal government in this business at all when private researchers are doing it already and 2) Why would the Federal government pursue this when the research thus far indicates that other cell forms are more likely to yield new cures?
Oh yeah - politics. Not science, but politics.-
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Tangent0013 months, 2 weeks ago
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The reason the government involves itself in research is because there areas where private laboratories simply won't touch. Not because of any moral conundrum, but because of patentability. A company wants to keep their research away from everyone else so they can charge more for it. Embryonic stem cell therapies are arguably unpatentable. Some universities have used grant and foundation monies to fund their research, but such resources are limited.
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Adult stem cells have a greater degree of patentability because the cells are first 'coaxed' into becoming more pluriponent. The manner of 'coaxing' can be covered under intellectual property law.
Further, while the Bush embryonic stem cell research ban was in effect, a university that received federal funds in one department could not share so much as a test tube or scrap of data with a grant-funded department working with ESCs. If both departments needed a gene sequencer, both departments would have to buy one, even if they both happened to be looking at the same genome sequence.
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