Although congressional legislation could quickly slam it shut, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) last week opened the door for U.S. scientists to receive federal funding for research on stem cells from human embryos.
These cells can proliferate indefinitely in lab dishes and mature into all the cell types in the human body, but their source has made them controversial.
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