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Bush Administration Pushes First National Stem-Cell Bank

WASHINGTON -- The government plans to open a "national bank" to better grow the only embryonic stem cells eligible for government-funded research, holding firm against critics who want Bush administration restrictions on the controversial cells lifted. In addition, the National Institutes of Health plans to spend $18 million over four years to establish three "centers of excellence" to speed research on the currently available cell lines. "The president's embryonic stem cell policy holds tremendous and yet-untapped potential," Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson wrote in a letter to be sent to members of Congress on Wednesday. "Before anyone can argue that the stem cell policy should be broadened, we must first exhaust the potential" of currently available lines. Posted by Editor at July 21, 2004 08:44 AM