Stem Cell Research in a Judge's Hands

deman1985 wrote to mention a San Francisco Chronicle article discussing the future of stem cell research in California. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has had a suit filed against it for doling out money to stem cell research groups, and the future of the organization is now in the hands of the Judge on the case. From the article: "The taxpayers groups said that at least five members of the 29-member board have conflicts because they are University of California officials and the school's various campuses have already applied for stem cell grants. Others on the board are biotechnology executives and investors whose investments could benefit from stem cell grants."

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Old as time

[zymano]

Religous people trying to stop research.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.01/cadavers. html

If this judge is a Bu$h appointee

[pair-a-noyd]

you can kiss stem cell research off. Bu$h and his fan club of bible thumpers are technophobes and anti-science MORONS...

While they get directions from an invisible being in the sky about waging war against other countries, people here will unnessecarily die of all sorts of nasty diseases simply because a minority of morons quiver in fear of spooks in the sky.

Re:This will just be passed again

[Rudd-O]

I hope laws are passed soon to explicitly allow this research. Read more at http://rudd-o.com/archives/2006/03/03/the-truths-a bout-stem-cell-research/

Re:Hate Americans, don't hate America.

[Limburgher]

Please learn how to spell "bigoted". And, also, "pretemtious" is not a word. ;)

Can we please have Slashdot back?

[DesScorp]

I'm not sure when Markos Moulitsas Zuniga snuck in here and stole Slashdot, but can we have it back, please?

How many political articles does this make this week?