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Ask the Expert: Congress Gives Stem Cells Another Shot

Jonathan Moreno on the New Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act

Is new legislation that would lift the ban on embryonic stem cell research necessary? Have breakthroughs using adult stem cells made embryonic stem cell research obsolete?  And why has Congress so far been unable to pass legislation that would allow embryonic stem cell research to move forward?

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