Back in the Game?
It looks as though, in spite of the federal funding ban, the US may not quite be out of the running in the race to produce stem cells via cloned embryos:
Harvard scientists join human cloning race
Research aims to create stem cells for treating blood disease
Harvard-affiliated researchers said Tuesday they have begun efforts to create stem cells by cloning human embryos, joining the race among a small group of scientists in this controversial pursuit.
The work at Children's Hospital Boston, the main pediatric teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, is aimed at eventually creating stem cells for treating blood diseases like sickle-cell anemia, leukemia and other blood disorders.
Dr. George Daley, a leading expert in blood diseases, is overseeing the work at the hospital. Daley, an executive committee member of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, said he had begun experiments but declined to describe the results of his work so far.
Let's see here: you've got cloning, stem cells, and the creation of embryos that will be killed in the process of carrying out the research. Anybody care to guess whether this announcement will generate controversy?
We'll take it real slow announcing any breakthroughs resulting from this research, bearing in mind what happened last time around.