Mass. governor says stem-cell research "Orwellian"
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Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a 2008   Republican presidential hopeful, said on Thursday his   administration's new restrictions on stem cell research are   aimed at heading off an "Orwellian" future.
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JUST WHAT the state needs: another business committee. Well, yes, actually -- if the new Massachusetts Life Science Collaborative can rationalize the state's current hodge podge of overlapping and competing efforts to boost this promising industry. Jobs for at least 600,000 Massachusetts residents and 10 percent of the state's gross domestic product depend on it.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday defended his opposition to most embryonic stem cell research despite its scientific promise to cure diseases like multiple sclerosis that afflicts his wife, Ann.
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Gov. Mitt Romney said that he would propose legislation to outlaw a type of embryonic stem cell research that is being planned by institutions in the state.
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The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council's recent track record on Beacon Hill is the envy of most other industry lobbies. On issues from blocking drug price-control efforts to state funding for job training, the council has successfully persuaded the Democrat-controlled Legislature and Republican Governor Mitt Romney to vote its way.
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Scientists in Massachusetts said yesterday that they had created several colonies of human embryonic stem cells without harming the embryos from which they were derived, the latest in a series of advances that could speed development of stem-cell-based treatments for a variety of diseases.
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Gov. Schwarzenegger takes a political risk and endorses a $3 billion California bond measure that would fund embryonic stem-cell research.
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Recently we have seen dis- cussions by the president and first lady and two op-ed pieces about stem cell research, one on Aug. 12 by Richard Cohen and one on Aug. 15 by Michael Kinsley. Only the column by Mr. Kinsley came anywhere close to presenting the ...
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As Governor Deval L. Patrick looks at the small but growing cluster of innovative new energy technology companies in Massachusetts, right now looks like 1985 did for biotechnology or 1993 for the Internet and telecommunications.
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Research on embryonic stem cells continues to ignite national debate over the beginning of human life. And with the Legislature likely to take up the issue in its next session, many worry that inaccurate information is being perpetuated by stem cell proponents and their counterparts.
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California's not the only state willing to throw money at the controversial research. Wisconsin's governor plans to spend $750 million building two research centers and supporting scientists studying cardiovascular illnesses and other diseases.
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State officials announced plans Monday to invest $7 million next year in federally restricted embryonic stem cell research and $3 million for less controversial research into adult stem cells.
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Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican, wants to ban the creating of embryos specifically for medical research.
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WASHINGTON -- The death of actor Christopher Reeve is reverberating through the presidential campaign as both sides tussle over the issue of stem-cell research.
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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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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