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November 17, 2006

Stem Cell Research -- A Little Truth Wouldn't Hurt

Stem cell research is one of the major issues in many campaigns across the country in this election year, and it is being demagogued like few others. In the interest of truth in politics it’s worth noting that there are two kinds of stem cells research -- one involving embryonic stem cells (ESC) and the other using adult or cord-blood stem cells. The overwhelming number of candidates, Republican and Democratic, favor research on stem cells gathered from adult and core-blood sources. But many, mostly Republicans, oppose ESC research because harvesting the cells requires killing a living human embryo, and in many cases result from cloning human embryos for the sole purpose of harvesting the stem cells from the embryos killed in the process. Click here to read the rest of the article

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Nice articles !
I agree with the republicans.

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