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Massachusetts Gov. W. Mitt Romney said this week that he will try to ban a method of obtaining stem cells that both Harvard University’s nascent Stem Cell Institute and other researchers in the state currently plan to undertake...
Romney had previously diverged from many other Republicans by offering at least provisional support for stem cell research. But he said this week that he would propose legislation to prevent the creation of embryonic stem cells exclusively for research purposes, citing an “ethical boundary” between using embryos discarded from fertility clinics and creating wholly new ones for scientific experiments...
These restrictions would affect Harvard directly, preventing researchers from carrying out proposed projects, particularly within the Stem Cell Institute. Researchers at the institute have said that the creation of stem cells is critical in allowing scientists to search for cures to hereditary diseases...
...Stem cell research holds important potential to transform the understanding of human diseases and to illuminate possible treatments and cures,” Summers said. “We take seriously the ethical issues involved, which have been subject to careful review at Harvard and at other institutions, and believe that it is vitally important to carefully proceed with such research...
Participants suggested that future Interfaith Council events might include joint community service events and discussion dinners addressing controversial issues that intersected with religion, including homosexuality and stem cell research. They also suggested an interfaith concert and a bus tour of Boston-area religious spaces...