Nutjobs Ranting About Politics.

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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
I suspect that you are right

Well he is wrong. An institution can do privately funded or state funded ESC research and still receive federal research grants.

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
I have no idea who really does serious stem cell research

If you are talking about ESC research in the US, Geron and the University of Wisconsin are the players. Geron funded the pioneering work done by the UofWi, which was the first ESC line in existence. In return, Geron is the exclusive licensee of many of the UofWi patents.

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
but I assume that it's almost exclusively done through universities and research centers that depend on federal money to support a huge range of programs (most of which, at least in universities, have nothing to do with stem cell research, or even medical research).

Wrong. The most research is being done right in your own backyard down here in Silicon Valley.

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
The Bush policy -- which goes beyond "we won't support x" to "if you do x, we will cut you off from all financing for anything else" is in effect pretty close to a bar on the research.

Wrong again. That isn't the policy. UC Berkely does ESC research funded privately and with state of CA money and still gets plenty of federal grants.