Technology & Science
Jan. 11, 2002
Setting the Stage for Future of Medicine
Forum Column - By Judith F. Daar, With little fanfare or public notice, President George W. Bush recently sounded the death knell for advancing medical research using human stem cells. On Nov. 28, the president issued an executive order officially creating the President's Council on Bioethics, an advisory commission charged with studying the scientific and ethical issues posed by stem-cell research, cloning and other technological developments.
By Judith F. Daar
With little fanfare or public notice, President George W. Bush recently sounded the death knell for advancing medical research using human stem cells. On Nov. 28,...