I guarantee you that some folks will see this article will say to themselves: "HMMMPFFF! That is precisely the sort of scientific advance that Bush was blocking!"
This is the sort of subtle bias and indoctrination that the media engages in and which most people do not see. Embryonic Stem Cell advances (if they exist) are called "Embryonic Stem Cell advances". While all of the Adult Stem Cell advances are simply credited to "stem cell research".
Well, Reuters is an international news agency, headquartered in the UK, and the story is out of France. Bush didn’t cross my mind in reading this.
It has to be ethical stem cells. If they did finally have a treatment from embryonic stem cells (ok, potential treatment) they would be trumpeting it from the rooftops.
...does not contain the word "Embryonic" so I assume these are Adult Stem cells. Of course, that fact is minimized by simply using the generic term "stem cells". I guarantee you that some folks will see this article will say to themselves: "HMMMPFFF! That is precisely the sort of scientific advance that Bush was blocking!"Well said, ClearCase_guy. Thanks decimon for posting it.