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Monday, November 29, 2004As California moves to begin a lushly financed program of embryonic stem cell research, medical ethicists and other skeptics are concerned that the $3 billion that state voters approved for the endeavor could become a bonanza for private profiteers. Critics say the ballot measure that passed by a wide margin on Nov. 2 contains inadequate safeguards to ensure public oversight of the financial allocations and guarantee public benefit from any medical breakthroughs. They also worry that the promise of stem cell studies has been oversold to the public and say the money might better be directed to more mature medical technologies. (emphasis mine) Funny, I don't remember the New York Times running this kind of story during the campaign, when Kerry was promising to spend money on embryonic stem cell research, and Edwards was insinuating that the current administration policies were killing people, or at least preventing them from walking. posted by Sydney on 11/29/2004 07:55:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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