Some of the nation’s top embryonic stem cell research advocates say they are growing concerned that Sen. John McCain will backtrack on his previous support for the work if elected president.
The Republican senator from Arizona has supported lifting President Bush’s ban on using federal money to create new stem cell lines from surplus embryos and to award more grants to researchers studying them. His rival for the presidency, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, has a similar position on the research that holds promise to treat a range of disease.
Quoted: UW law professor and bioethicist Alta Charo and researcher Tim Kamp