because of a ban placed on NIH-funded human embryo research by Congress.
             In 1995, Congress attached the ban to the bill appropriating funds for NIH. It
             has been retained in each successive appropriations bill (appropriations bills
             are passed annually), and no public funding has ever been provided for human
             ES cell research in the United States.
             My personal views on the subject at matter is that Stem Cell research is
             bettering human kind in more than one way so why do we have to halt
             something that a group of people that are viewing this with religious ethics
             are not seeing the more brauder picture here there not seeing the capabilities
             that stem cell will have once in full function the illnesses of all the people that
             have some type of problem with there bone can be fixed now by a different
             There are many related issues to this especially politically during the
             president's first few months in office, he delayed his decision on the
             guidelines, and repeatedly rebuffed attempts by reporters to get him to talk
             about the issue. Meanwhile, media attention on the issue of stem cell research
             built gradually, until the topic reached the front pages in early summer of
             2001. Intense lobbying campaigns were waged on each side of the issue.
             Patient groups, scientific organizations, and the biotechnology industry
             lobbied President Bush to go forward with federal funding for ES cell
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