I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning.
Quotes about stem-cell (16 Quotes)
Marilyn is pro-choice, in favor of stem-cell research, wants to protect our beaches and oceans, and supports importing low-cost prescription drugs from Canada. As Democrats, we can have a Republican we can agree with on some issues or a Republican we will never agree with.
It was the precursor to today's stem-cell research, ... I was like an angel investor on Baxter's behalf.
It's yet to be determined how Roberts will deal with important decisions. I don't know his position on issues like stem-cell research, abortion or affirmative action. These are things that someone may attempt to bring to the Supreme Court.
Laura Bush went on national television during the week of my father's funeral and spoke out against embryonic stem cell research, pointing out that where Alzheimer's is concerned, we don't have proof that stem-cell treatment would be effective.
Even if the Bush Administration had flung open the gates to stem-cell research years ago, we would not be at the point of offering treatment today. Christopher Reeve would still have been taken from us. But we would be closer.
If people think that you're throwing babies out, dissecting children, to do stem-cell research, I'm not for that.
In particular, they have expressed concern about legal challenges to the distribution of stem-cell grants under California's Proposition 71. This issue needs to be reviewed thoughtfully and prudently.
Everyone supports stem-cell research and so did the president and there are embryonic lines for research. It's a very delicate balance between what we want to do for science and for research and what is ethically and morally right to do.
I think that we're foolhardy to not be engaging in federal funding of stem-cell research in the most aggressive way we possibly can.
It shows that there is a majority in the Senate that supports embryonic stem-cell research.
The umbilical cord matrix cells have major advantages over other stem-cell sources, ... They can be harvested easily and in large numbers. And the cost of collecting them is relatively low.
I believe that stem-cell research has enormous hope for the future. But I would point out that I'm joined by Senator Orrin Hatch, a noted conservative. I'm joined by many conservative colleagues on the Republican side of the Senate I'm joined by Mrs. Nancy Reagan and by the vast majority of the American people.
It is troubling that before we have had any real discussion of possible spending cuts the governor appears to have made a decision to increase taxes. It is equally troubling that this tax hike proposal is being floated while the administration is still considering big ticket spending programs like stem-cell research.
The uncertainty and social controversy surrounding stem-cell research has discouraged many biotech companies and investors from embracing the technology.
An additional concern of leadership is the caution that some members of the nation's stem-cell research community have raised about state investments in this new area of scientific research.