How is the stem-cell debate affecting the University of Nebraska vote?
MAHA, Neb. — The University of Nebraska’s governing board was expected to vote Friday on a resolution that would limit stem-cell research at the university system’s facilities to rules approved under former President George W. Bush. The vote by the Board of Regents would come eight months after President Barack Obama removed government funding restrictions on new stem-cell lines. Supporters of stem-cell research hope it will lead to cures for diseases such as diabetes, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Opponents believe embryos, which are destroyed during the research, are the starting point of human life and destroying them is immoral. “Overall, the debate still deeply divides, because any concession on the morality of embryo research is still seen by pro-life people as a concession that the embryo is not a person,” said Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. “Limits on research are still seen by pro-research patient advocacy groups and scien
(AP) OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The University of Nebraska’s governing board was expected to vote Friday on a resolution that would limit stem-cell research at the university system’s facilities to rules approved under former President George W. Bush. The vote by the Board of Regents would come eight months after President Barack Obama removed government funding restrictions on new stem-cell lines. Supporters of stem-cell research hope it will lead to cures for diseases such as diabetes, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Opponents believe embryos, which are destroyed during the research, are the starting point of human life and destroying them is immoral. “Overall, the debate still deeply divides, because any concession on the morality of embryo research is still seen by pro-life people as a concession that the embryo is not a person,” said Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. “Limits on research are still seen by pro-research patient advocacy group
The University of Nebraska’s governing board was expected to vote Friday on a resolution that would limit stem-cell research at the university system’s facilities to rules approved under former President George W. Bush. The vote by the Board of Regents would come eight months after President Barack Obama removed government funding restrictions on new stem-cell lines.
