Comment No, not quite... (Score 1) 237
Uh, that's only if they use federal funds. If they don't use federal funds there are NO restrictions.
No, they still can't clone (but, since cloning isn't really producing geneticly identical clones, it's not really worth it)
Also, any new stem cell line will be patented and owned by the corporation, so you have to pay outrageous amounts of money to a corporation for the use of those lines.
Especially now, with the current lines validity in question, the Bush policy will drive stem-cell research, and the future of medice into the hands of biotech giants and away from the hands of the scientists, people and policy makers. Of course, it is questionable whether biotech giants will invest money into something if they don't get the government to pay for it, but given the possibilities of making shitloads of money, they probably will.
No, they still can't clone (but, since cloning isn't really producing geneticly identical clones, it's not really worth it)
Also, any new stem cell line will be patented and owned by the corporation, so you have to pay outrageous amounts of money to a corporation for the use of those lines.
Especially now, with the current lines validity in question, the Bush policy will drive stem-cell research, and the future of medice into the hands of biotech giants and away from the hands of the scientists, people and policy makers. Of course, it is questionable whether biotech giants will invest money into something if they don't get the government to pay for it, but given the possibilities of making shitloads of money, they probably will.
