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RE: What happened to?
By Reclaimer77 on 12/9/2009 4:00:07 PM , Rating: 2
Stem cell research wasn't banned. Federal funding for certain lines was. If it's that groundbreaking and important, you should be able to find investors and fund it yourself.

RE: What happened to?
By jkresh on 12/9/2009 4:40:40 PM , Rating: 2
You are correct that the research was not banned, federal funding was limited. The unfortunate thing was/is that most early/basic research (the stage that embryonic stem cells are currently at) is done in universities with either federal funding or grants from some foundations, corporations/investors/venture firms tend to wait until things are closer to market before getting involved. Foundations tend to be nervous when there is controversy and if they feel that funding something (even if it could be valuable) might bring undue negative attention they may focus on other areas. Limiting of federal funding slowed down advances in embryonic stem cell research.

RE: What happened to?
By intelpatriot on 12/10/2009 5:43:53 AM , Rating: 2
That's not the kind of thing private finance has ever liked to finance. Except in science fiction movies.

Nearly all fundamental science has been government (oh no!) funded.

Once we've progressed from science to technology, then the private sector performs admirably (empirically/historically better than the alternatives).

