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  • MIT Stem Cell Researcher Threatens Hunger Strike Over Tenure Denial (Opposes Embryonic Stem Cells)

    12/27/2006 1:51:49 PM PST · by wagglebee · 65 replies · 1,489+ views
    Life News ^ | 12/22/06 | Steven Ertelt
    Boston, MA (LifeNews.com) -- A black Massachusetts Institute of Technology stem cell researcher who doesn't support human cloning says he is planning a hunger strike for next February if the prestigious college doesn't reverse its decision to deny him tenure. Dr. James L. Sherley, an associate professor of biological engineering, says he is a victim of racism. Sherley has been an outspoken advocate against human cloning -- including the kind of therapeutic cloning his colleagues and other scientists want to use to create and destroy human embryos for their stem cells. He has been fighting for tenure at MIT for...