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Stem cell cultures are placed under a microscope in a lab at the Reeve-Irvine Research Center at the University of California Irvine August 25, 2006 in Irvine, Calif. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)
Challenges to stem cell research
Broadcast: Midmorning, 02/27/2007, 9:06 a.m.
Stem cell research proponents have convinced some states to fund research, but the controversy continues over whether using embryonic stem cells crosses an ethical line. Experts on both sides debate where stem cell research is headed.
Guests
Meri Firpo: Assistant professor in medicine/endocrinology, embryonic stem cell researcher at the University of Minnesota.
Nigel Cameron: President of the Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future at the Chicago-Kent School of Law.
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- Challenges to stem cell research (program audio)
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