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Hour One: The Stem Cell Decision

After months of debate, President Bush has made his decision on federal funding for certain types of stem cell research. He's trying to balance the powerful moral and ethical concerns of some, with what others say is crucial research that could mean new cures. But how will his decision affect science, medicine and you? And what do you think about it? In this hour of Science Friday, we'll take a look at the President's decision and what it means. Plus, the debate over human cloning. Are we ready for human clones?

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Guests:
Joe Palca
Senior Science Correspondent
National Public Radio
Washington, DC

Carl Feldbaum
President
Biotechnology Industry Organization
Washington, DC

Thomas Murray
President
The Hastings Center
Garrison, New York

Donald Kennedy
President Emeritus and Bing Professor of Environmental Science, Stanford University
Editor-in-Chief, Science
Washington, DC

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Related Links:
NIH: News: Stem Cell Information
NIH Fact Sheet on Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Research Guidelines
National Bioethics Advisory Commission
NIH: News: Stem Cell Information
AAAS: Stem Cell Main
FASEB on Cloning and Stem Cells
Do No Harm - The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics
Whyfiles: The Most Powerful Cell
National Bioethics Advisory Commission

National Academy of Sciences: Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy
April 6, 2001, Hour 1: Human Cloning
NY Times: Researchers Find Big Risk of Defect in Cloning Animals
Clonaid
Human Cloning Foundation
washingtonpost.com: Cloning
Human Cloning - latest cloning news and human cloning links

 

This segment produced by: Charles Bergquist