I'm listening to Michael Medved and he just said that president Bush is the first president to provide funding for stem cell research. Anybody know anything about it?
Not much, but the president said it himself in the second debate.
"I'm listening to Michael Medved and he just said that president Bush is the first president to provide funding for stem cell research. Anybody know anything about it?"
Bush's decision was to allow possible federal funding for embronic stem cell research using 33 (or whatever the number is) lines from which stem cells have previously been retireved, but not for research using any new lines. I don't know if there is actually any such government funded research going on.
It is my understanding that there are no restrictions on privately funded research in this area. If there were easy money to be make, you can be sure that there would be more than adequate private funds available.