Former Speaker reverses stand on stem cell research
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Former Massachusetts House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran, who opposed embryonic stem cell research while on Beacon Hill, now says state lawmakers should support the research in order for the Bay State to keep up with California.
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Pushing back against the Democratic-led Congress, President Bush intends to veto a bill Wednesday that would have eased restraints on federally funded embryonic stem cell research &#151; work that supporters say holds promise for fighting disease.
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HAMPTON, N.H.  - Democratic White House challenger  John Kerry on Monday attacked President Bush for restricting  stem cell research and accused him of ignoring science that  could offer millions of sick Americans a chance at a cure.
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A debate over an unproven hypothesis, which says cancers are fed by cancerous stem cells, could affect the direction of research.
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WASHINGTON -- Pushing back against the Democratic-led Congress, President Bush vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have eased restraints on federally funded embryonic stem cell research.
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President George W. Bush on Wednesday vetoed legislation to expand federally funded embryonic stem cell research, triggering an uphill battle to override him in the Democratic-led U.S. Congress and likely pushing the issue onto the 2008 election agenda.
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By RON FOURNIER    LANGHORNE, Pa.  -- First lady Laura Bush defended her husband's policy on embryonic stem cell research Monday, calling Democratic rival John Kerry's criticism "ridiculous" and accusing proponents of overstating the potential for medical breakthroughs...
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One of the things that annoys me most about the liberal media machine and the Democratic candidates is their mischaracterization of George Bush&#39;s position on stem cell research.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday defended his opposition to embryonic stem cell research despite its scientific promise to cure diseases like multiple sclerosis that afflicts his wife, Ann.
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By ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIE     SEATTLE  -- Former Vice President Al Gore touted the promise of stem-cell research for curing debilitating and deadly diseases on Friday - using his pitch to stump for fellow Democrats Christine Gregoire and Dave Ross...
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An Australian scientist was named to run Californiaâs stem cell research program, filling a vacuum that had threatened to rob the program of recent momentum.
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Britain's leading scientific institution said Monday it is urging countries to back a campaign to stop a possible ban on stem cell research as part of a global treaty banning human cloning.
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A former US House of Representatives committee chairman, who earlier this year ended negotiations to head the pharmaceutical industry&#39;s top lobby after critics
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He&#39;s a high-profile figure with national contacts and an unrivaled understanding of how to move the Legislature. That&#39;s why the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council overlooked his opposition on stem-cell research
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Stem-cell research is likely to take the stage again in the third and final presidential debate Wednesday at Arizona State University now that one of the most recognizable faces for the cause has died.
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US presidential candidate John Kerry says he will make stem cell research a priority, dropping George Bush's policy.
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Some high-profile scientists have jumped into the fight over the University of Wisconsin-Madison's stem cell patents, supporting the effort to have them revoked.