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Ruling a blow to stem cell research

By Karen Kaplan and Noam N. Levey
Posted: August 24, 2010.

Print: Los Angeles Times

“The Obama administration has attempted to skirt the law by arguing that they are only funding research after the embryos are destroyed,” said Charmaine Yoest, chief executive of Americans United for Life. “That Administration policy is in violation of the law.”

Scientists working with embryonic stem cells said patients will suffer by having to wait longer for science to develop new treatments and cures.

...“This is criminal,” Lanza said. “We are talking about people going blind, people who are dying from a terrifying array of diseases.”

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