NIH authorizes use of first human embryonic stem cells under new policy

Washingon Post ^ | 12/2/2009 | Rob Stein

[Nachum]

The Obama administration on 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.

The National Institutes of Health authorized 11 lines of cells produced by scientists at the Children's Hospital in Boston and two lines created by researchers at the Rockefeller University in New York. All were obtained from embryos left over by couples seeking treatment for infertility.

[Nachum]

The list, ping

[Rushmore Rocks]

I heard this earlier. It saddens and sickens me. Creating life just to destroy it is a sin.

[neverdem]

Collins, an evangelical Christian who has argued that science and religion do not need to be in conflict, defended the work.

"I think that there is an argument to be made that what is being done is ethically acceptable," Collins said, "even if you believe in the inherent sanctity of the human embryo."

bump & a ping

[Mr. Silverback]

Well, I had worried that Collins was a big, fat sellout, and sure enough...

[cotton]

All were obtained from embryos left over by couples... who apparently do not care if their unborn sons and daughters are killed and their tiny parts used for experiments.

[shibumi]

Smiling, somewhere in the flames.....

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[shibumi]

bttt