On the morning of 27th August 2010 the NIH (National Institutes of Health) ordered the immediate shutdown of all intramural labs associated with embryonic stem cell research. The NIH had 8 project running, using hESc lines which were approved by the Bush administration. It is a sad day as judges and politicians make use of various loop holes in the system to ban potential life saving research. Although less effective at the clinical level at the moment, stem cell research will open new horizons for curing various degenerative diseases which are thought to be incurable at the moment. I always thought America to be a free and progressive country that readily accepts change and embraces new technologies on a daily basis. But such actions wont just hinder research but also destroy potential therapeutic uses even before they even begin to breath. For now System-1, Stem Cell Research-0.
Reference :- http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/08/nih-orders-immediate-shutdown.html
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