FIRST-PERSON: Good news and bad news about creating embryos for research
WASHINGTON (BP)--There is good news and there is bad news. First, the bad news. Confirming what we knew all along, scientists at the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Virginia, do not think it is sufficient to do research on human embryos that are "going to die anyway," to follow the popular mantra. They announced 11 July 2001 that they intentionally created human embryos from donor eggs and sperm with the sole purpose of conducting destructive research on those nascent humans.
Pressure mounts on Bush as stem-cell decision nears
WASHINGTON (BP)--The pressure is mounting on President Bush as the country awaits word from the White House on whether the federal government will fund stem-cell research that involves the destruction of human embryos.
Federal judge blocks funds for embryonic stem cell research
WASHINGTON (BP)--A federal judge has temporarily handed opponents of research on human embryos a victory.
Funds for embryo stem cell research remain uncertain after cancellation
WASHINGTON (BP)--The future of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research remained uncertain after the Bush administration canceled the first meeting of a committee to review applications for grants for the controversial experimentation.
Bioethicist: Fat tests add to case against embryo research
WASHINGTON (BP)--New research showing the potential for human fat to produce tissues of different kinds again demonstrates why experimentation on human embryos is unnecessary, a Southern Baptist bioethicist said.
Bush’s support sought for ‘save all stem cells’ drive
WASHINGTON (BP)--A U.S. firm that specializes in freezing and storing stem cells from newborns' umbilical cords for possible future therapeutic use by their families has urged President Bush to throw his weight behind a national "save all stem cells" program, according to a report by CNSNews.com.
Suit filed to block funds for research on embryos
WASHINGTON (BP)--A lawsuit was filed against the federal government March 8 to block the funding of stem-cell research involving human embryos.
ERLC urges Bush to repeal NIH rules on embryo research
WASHINGTON (BP)--The Southern Baptist Convention's ethics agency has called on President Bush to clarify his position on stem-cell research by repealing the federal government's rules that permit the destruction of human embryos in such experimentation.
Bush opposition to stem-cell research repeated; action on NIH rules unclear
WASHINGTON (BP)--President-elect George W. Bush has reiterated his opposition to federal funding of research using destroyed human embryos.
