Federally Funded Stem Cell Research

Federally Funded Stem Cell Research

President Obama has overturned Bush administration restrictions on federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research. A look at the new policy and its implications.

President Obama has overturned Bush administration restrictions on federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research. A look at the new policy and its implications.

Guests

Dr. Harold Varmus

co-chairman of the White House Council on Science and Technology, president, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,
former director of the National Institutes of Health, and
the author of "The Art and Politics of Science".

Dr. John Gearhart

Director, Institute for Regenerative Medicine,
at the University of Pennsylvania

Sheryl Gay Stolberg

White House correspondent, "The New York Times."

Richard Doerflinger

associate director, secretariat for pro-life activities for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

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