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Stem-cell debate unlikely to fade after Neb. vote
AP ^ | 11/20/2009 | MARGERY A. BECK

Posted on 11/20/2009 9:13:47 AM PST by Cheap_Hessian

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The University of Nebraska's governing board was expected to vote Friday on a resolution that would limit stem-cell research at the university system's facilities to rules approved under former President George W. Bush.

The vote by the Board of Regents would come eight months after President Barack Obama removed government funding restrictions on new stem-cell lines.

Supporters of stem-cell research hope it will lead to cures for diseases such as diabetes, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Opponents believe embryos, which are destroyed during the research, are the starting point of human life and destroying them is immoral.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: stemcell

1 posted on 11/20/2009 9:13:48 AM PST by Cheap_Hessian
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