> The politics of the day determined that there was only ONE way to get
> stem cells and that was from destroying embryos. The USA scientific
> community so keyed in on that, they overlooked other means. Instead of
> looking elsewhere, the scientific community stuck their collective
> heads in their rear ends. Besides, it wasn't a ban on the research,
> just a restriction on the federal funding of one aspect of the
> research. The misinformation campaigns (on both sides) were so
> effective that few people understood what really happened.
Revisionist history. It was and still is the religious right with their
heads "where the sun don't shine".
Enough on that...
Mike
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