Bush Stem Cell Policy Worse Than Clinton's.The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times reported on August 18th that scientists "may find there are fewer restrictions on research with embryonic stem cells Embryonic stem cells (ES cells) are stem cells derived from the inner cell mass of an early stage embryo known as a blastocyst. Human embryos reach the blastocyst stage 4-5 days post fertilization, at which time they consist of 50-150 cells. ES cells are pluripotent. under the Bush administration than they would have faced under the Clinton administration Noun 1. Clinton administration - the executive under President Clinton executive - persons who administer the law , whose guidelines have been scrapped." The abolition of the Clinton guidelines, says the Times, means that researchers can now use, among other sources, the embryonic stem cells first derived in 1998 by Dr. James A. Thomson of the University of Wisconsin, which did not comply with the Clinton administration guidelines." In an op-ed for the New York Times on August 12th, President Bush stated: "Some of the hardest ethical decisions pit the good against the good. In the case of stem cells stem cells, unspecialized human or animal cells that can produce mature specialized body cells and at the same time replicate themselves. Embryonic stem cells are derived from a blastocyst (the blastula typical of placental mammals; see embryo), which is very young , the promise of miracle cures is set against the protection of developing life." Attempting to justify his "pro-life" position to "encourage research on embryonic stem cells that already exist," Bush stated: "While it is unethical unethical said of conduct not conforming with professional ethics. to end life in medical research, it is ethical to benefit from research where life and death decisions have already been made." |
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