Embryonic
stem-cell
funding - an incentive to kill
An internationally recognized expert on stem cells and cloning says
President Obama's decision to lift restrictions on federal funding of
human embryonic stem-cell research is wasting lives and taxpayer
dollars when all resources should be going towards adult stem cells.
The Obama administration on Wednesday approved 13 new human embryonic
stem-cell lines for taxpayer-funded experiments. The 13 lines are the
first to be approved under an executive order from President Obama, and
the National Institutes of Health says dozens more cell lines will be
available soon.
During the Bush administration, federal funding of embryonic stem-cell
research was limited to cell lines that were already in existence
before August 2001.
David Prentice (FRC)Dr. David Prentice, senior fellow for life sciences
with the Family Research Council, says that by approving funding for
new lines, the Obama administration continues to push political
ideology, not science.
"Embryonic stem cells have not helped any human being. In fact,
[they]
haven't helped that many rats and mice in the lab," Prentice
notes.
"Only adult stem cells are actually helping patients. The
unfortunate
part of this new approval is there are now more incentives for
researchers to destroy young human embryos just so they can get
taxpayer funds."
Prentice reports that nearly 80 diseases or injuries have been treated
successfully with adult stem cells.
Contact: Jim Brown
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