Washington – The Supreme Court won’t stop the government’s funding of embryonic stem cell research, despite some researchers’ complaints that the work relies on destroyed human embryos.
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The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from two scientists who have been challenging the funding for the work.
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia earlier this year threw out their lawsuit challenging federal funding for the research, which is used in pursuit of cures to deadly diseases. Opponents claimed the National Institutes of Health was violating the 1996 Dickey-Wicker law that prohibits taxpayer financing for work that harms an embryo.
Researchers hope one day to use stem cells in ways that cure spinal cord injuries, Parkinson’s disease and other ailments.
Great to hear. Thank you VIN for sharing
Wonderful news and another indication, along with this morning’s rejection of challenges to Medicare by some right wing zealots, that the Court under the leadership of Chief Justice Roberts has not gone off the deep end. After approving Obamacare last year, we can look forward to more such progressive decisions, especially if Obama gets to appoint at least one or two more (young) liberal justices over the next 4 years and lock-in a liberal majority for the next seveal decades.
well e.y. is already doing the healing part of many illness,and so are many other nations,it’s shame,’cause we in usa are losing out,stem cell is a whole lot cheaper with a real healing
All the truly remarkable medical “breakthroughs” to date with stem cells, have been made using NON-embryonic stem cells, if I’m not mistaken.
Even a patient’s own cells have been used successfully to repair organs, etc. which has the added benefit of eliminating issues with compatibility/ rejection.
Adult stem cells can be manipulated to display the “unique” characteristics ascribed to embryonic stem cells, it seems.
Why then is it so necessary to champion such a controversial/ divisive issue, like government funding for research using embryonic stem cells?