April 18, 2024

US STEM CELL POLITICS ROUND-UP

  • This (Northern) summer could bring a debate on stem cell research in the US Congress. Senate majority leader Bill Frist says that he plans to schedule debate on three separate bills involving stem cell research. Opposing sides have already held rival news conferences to boost the troops. At a news conference this week, the leading opponent of cloning in the Senate, Senator Sam Brownback, of Kansas, highlighted the 70th peer-reviewed publication showing medical success from adult stem cells or stem cells from cord blood.