Because of the close relationship between the cynomolgus and rhesus macaques, cDNA resources of cynomolgus macaques not only are useful for research using cynomolgus macaques but also complement the relative paucity of the transcriptome data from rhesus macaques.
The Bush administration is deeply divided over whether to prohibit federal support for research using embryonic stem cells.
Concern over the university's patent on stem cells heightened in August after President Bush authorized federal funds for research using embryonic stem cells.
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The draft of the platform supported Mr. Bush's decision to block federal financing for research using newly obtained embryonic stem cells while allowing privately financed research or research that uses pre-existing embryonic stem cell lines.
Senator Lincoln Chafee, Republican of Rhode Island, and Representative Deborah Pryce, Republican of Ohio, boast that they split with Mr. Bush and voted for research using embryonic stem cells.
In his view, the savings would also help supply the money to pay for research using genomics and other new technologies, which are not yet producing new drugs but hold great promise.
The plan to provide federal money for research using existing stem cell lines is likely to be attacked both by those who want no financing and by advocates of broader research than Mr. Bush endorsed last week.
Bush's solution was to allow funding for research using twenty-one stem-cell lines that already existed as of the date that he announced his policy — August 9 , 2001
His new policy, portrayed as a statesmanlike compromise, permitted federal support for research using only a small number of stem cell lines that already existed, crimping the field from the start.
The plan to support federal financing for research using existing embryonic stem cell lines is likely to be attacked by those who want no financing and by those who want more.
