Harvard Moves To Berkeley?
Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney bends over for the funda-nutters, and comes out for a ban on stem cell research planned at "prominent" institutions in his state. The New York Times editorial writers hope he's just "posturing":
The governor urged the State Legislature on Thursday to prohibit the creation of human embryos for the purpose of research. That would make it illegal for scientists to extract stem cells from very early embryos - microscopic clusters of cells, really - that would be created in a lab and destroyed by the extraction process. A ban would not only block cutting-edge research, but could also lead to an exodus of the very best specialists to California, where such research has been endorsed by a referendum and backed by up to $3 billion in bond revenues.
We've got the funds and the sun -- what more could a stem cell researcher want?
I love California. I love California. I love California.
Lena at February 14, 2005 8:14 AM
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