Stem cells fans are in a frenzy about the upcoming change in presidential politics and held press conferences Abrim enthusiastically, if not the content. But at a meeting today at the Center for American Progress (CAP) in Washington, DC, to publish a report A Life Sciences Crucible , some differences emerged on how the new administration should proceed to normalize stem cell research and from political winds that buffeted during the Bush administration.
CAP wants President-elect Barack Obama to quickly issue a decree clearing the restrictions Bush and Congress to pass a bill that explicitly allows researchers funded by the federal access to cell lines derived human embryonic stem after August 01.
But Amy Comstock Rick, chief patient-centered Coalition for the advancement of medical research, warned that it was important to see how the decree reads . Orders may come and go, she noted, so it should not be used to specify search criteria. Instead, she said the order is to simply put the whole subject "where it belongs" - in the capable hands of the NIH. Similarly, she said, his group opposes a new law which she said would not be "conducive to making flexible decision."
CAP also calls for a special working group for clinical research using embryonic stem cells to create within recombinant DNA Advisory committee of the NIH. the Coalition for the advancement of medical research disagrees with that, too. It's just another layer of national oversight on matters that should be left to committees existing institutional oversight, said Rick. "separate Special Structures" to oversee the research on stem cells still smack of political motivations.
looks like the cries may have disappeared from the world of politics on stem cells, but it is far from over.
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