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The Stem Cell Debate
ResumeAlmost three years later, Bush's moral line is under sharply mounting pressure. Nancy Reagan and advocates of research into many diseases want a stem cell push. American academia and business fear being left behind in a profound global race. Now Congress is piling on.
Click the "Listen" link to hear about the momentous shifts in the stem cell research debate in America.
Guests:
Juan Enriquez, founding director of the Harvard Business School Life Science Project. He is chairman of Biotechonomy, a life sciences research and investment firm. He is a board member at Harvard Medical School Genetics Advisory Council. He is author of, "As the Future Catches You: How Genomics & Other Forces are Changing Your Life, Work, Health & Wealth."
Daniel Callahan, co-founder and director, International Program at the Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institute. He is the author of 36 books including, "The Research Imperative: What Price Better Health?" and "What Kind of Life: The Limits of Medical Progress." He is a senior fellow at Harvard Medical School.
This program aired on June 10, 2004.