WASHINGTON: It’s going to be end of Bush administration and the same time opponents stem cell research will face a new political reality.
Under President George W. Bush, federal money for research on human embryonic stems cells was limited to those stem cell lines, or families of constantly dividing cells, that were created before Aug. 9, 2001.
According to the reports, President-elect Barack Obama is expected to lift restrictions on federal money for such research.
Stem cells are the building blocks that turn into different kinds of tissue. Embryonic stem cells,e unlike more mature versions, are blank slates.
Harvesting stem cells from four- or five-day-old embryos kills the embryo, which outrages opponents of this type of research.
