Human Embryo Experimentation

Human Embryo Experimentation | Embryonic Stem Cell Research Should Be Federally Funded

Lawrence S.B. Goldstein is a professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.

Summary: Decades of scientific research show the potential benefits of embryonic stem (ES) cell research. ES cells—which are derived from early-stage human embryos—may have the ability to generate many types of replacement cells and tissues to help treat diseases which are the result of cell or tissue malfunction. Although stem cells derived from...

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