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Category: Global Perspective
Remember stem cell politics during the 2004 presidential campaign? Since then the stem cell world has been reshaped, both technically and politically. Now is the time to work out what a democratic politics of human biotechnology would look like.
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Category: Global Perspective
The U.S. is at least two to three years behind on stem cell research compared to the rest of the world and may even be close to 10 years behind according to a report from Matthew Perrone of Associated Press. So even when (or if) policies involving stem cell research in the U.S. change with the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, the U.S. will not be up-to-speed with the rest of the world who's been steadily chugging along. In addition, stem cell developers may not be able to find enough funding to conduct their research. With the current economic downturn,...
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