This advance has pushed the foundation smack into the political issue of stem-cell research.
President Bush, citing ethical issues, has allowed only limited federal funding for stem-cell research.
They have funneled three times as much as the federal government into embryonic stem-cell research.
Many believe the emphasis should be placed on adult stem-cell research, which poses fewer ethical questions.
"It doesn't have to be, you know, embryo stem-cell research or fetal or cloning, " Lott said.
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Those objections, critics say, could cover anything from abortions to fertility treatments to stem-cell research.
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Langevin estimated that nearly half of all Americans could benefit from embryonic stem- cell research.
Both said embryonic stem-cell research is morally objectionable and unlikely to produce promised treatments or cures.
Already as an undergraduate, Ivan did stem-cell research that could lead to new cancer treatments.
From fast trains to stem-cell research, Californians voted for good things while neglecting to pay for them.
The research could put pressure on big drug companies to wade into the ethically complicated field of stem-cell research.
In some areas, such as genes, software and stem-cell research, the question of what qualifies for protection is controversial.
Scientists are keen to use stem-cell research on cloned embryos as a way of curing several previously untreatable diseases.
Several state referendums were also passed, including California's initiative to fund stem-cell research.
And he restricted stem-cell research despite opposition from Mrs Reagan, who felt such research might have helped with her husband's Alzheimer's.
So did the subjects to which the final debates turned: abortion, stem-cell research, the appointment of Supreme Court judges, gay rights.
Thompson also says that he is against embryonic stem-cell research, and he has a 100 percent rating from National Right to Life.
Certain areas of study, such as climate change, stem-cell research and work on the Middle East, are particularly vulnerable to political pressure.
An attempt to fund foetal stem-cell research was vetoed by Mr Bush.
Few are as familiar with the details of stem-cell research as Melton.
It was voters, for example, who by means of ballot initiatives insisted that the state spend more money on schools and stem-cell research.
Some lawmakers have talked of passing new legislation to nullify Judge Lamberth's ruling and clarify that stem-cell research derived from embryos is allowed.
How to be the world's number one place of choice for bio-science - if America does not want stem-cell research - we do.
And conservatives lost a series of ballot initiatives on abortion in South Dakota and California, stem-cell research in Missouri and gay marriage in Arizona.
Federal research funds were prohibited for embryonic stem-cell research until August 2001, when Bush approved spending for research using only already-existing cell lines.
He will not like a proposal to allow more federally funded stem-cell research, but Ms Pelosi thinks she can assemble a veto-proof two-thirds majority for it.
The amendment would grant full legal protection to embryos and foetuses and could outlaw some forms of birth control, stem-cell research and possibly in vitro fertilisation.
Other reforms allowed for quick divorces and same-sex marriage, encouraged stem-cell research, penalised domestic violence and promised public money for the care of elderly or disabled people.
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And, having approved tens of billions of dollars-worth of bonds to pay for everything from stem-cell research to road mending, it is racking up ever more debt.
The amendment would presumably turn not just abortion and embryonic stem-cell research into the equivalent of murder, but do the same for some kinds of birth control.
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