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Clinton raps Bush over 'war on science'
Washington (AFP) Oct 4, 2007 Hillary Clinton Thursday accused President George W. Bush of waging a 'war on science' in a preview of a looming 2008 election battle over stem cell research, global warming and energy. "For six-and-a-half years under this president, it's been open season on open inquiry. By ignoring and manipulating science, the Bush administration is letting our economic competitors get an edge," Clinton said. The Democratic White House front-runner pledged to remove Bush's prohibitions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. She also vowed to prevent political appointees skewering government scientific assessments, as critics say has happened several times under Bush, and said she would expand government assessments of climate change. On the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Soviet Sputnik satellite which ignited the Cold War space race, Clinton also vowed in her speech to pursue an ambitious human space flight program. She said she would issue an executive order to rescind Bush's restrictions on federal funding for stem cell research which may result in treatments for diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and diabetes. Bush this year vetoed for the second time a bill seeking to encourage the research, saying it violated the sanctity of human life. Asked to comment on Clinton's remarks, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said only "the political season is getting into full swing." The president barred federal funding from supporting work on new lines of stem cells derived from human embryos in 2001, allowing research only on a small number of embryonic stem cell lines which existed at that time. Most Democratic candidates agree with Clinton on stem cells, but it is a delicate issue for conservative Republican voters, and most of the party's 2008 slate side with Bush's on the issue. Global warming is poised to play a more prominent role in the 2008 race, than any previous US election. All Democratic candidates are on record as backing more action against climate change, though differ on the details. Republican counterparts bicker over whether current science supports the theory of global warming, and several are concerned about the impact of attempts to cut greenhouse gases on the economy. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links The Clone Age - Cloning, Stem Cells, Space Medicine
Discredited Korean Embryonic Stem Cells' True Origins Revealed
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 08, 2007A report from researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute sheds new light on a now-discredited Korean embryonic stem cell line, setting the historical record straight and also establishing a much-needed set of standards for characterizing human embryonic stem cells. The report was published online August 2 by the journal Cell Stem Cell. |
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