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Mid view researcher looking through microscope2. Close-up of monitor showing embryonic stem cells3....\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eBaltimore, Maryland; Los Angeles, California \u0026amp; Washington, DC; USA  March 6-13, 2001 \u003cbr/\u003eBaltimore, Maryland  March 7, 2001- APTN\u003cbr/\u003e1. Mid view researcher looking through microscope\u003cbr/\u003e2. Close-up of monitor showing embryonic stem cells\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close-up of dish containing embryonic stem cells\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide and close-up researcher pointing out stem cells on screen\u003cbr/\u003e5. Mid view Dr John Gearhart at computer\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr John Gearhart, Stem Cell Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins Hospital\u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles, California  March 13, 2001 - APTN\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide and close-up views of Dr Donald Kohn in laboratory\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Donald Kohn, Research Scientist, L.A. Childrens Hospital\u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC January 22, 2001 - APTN\u003cbr/\u003e9. Pan view of anti-abortion demonstrators\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide view, demonstrators in front of Supreme Court\u003cbr/\u003eBethesda, Maryland February 28, 2001 - APTN\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide and close-up National Institutes of Health building and sign\u003cbr/\u003eBaltimore, Maryland  March 7, 2001- APTN\u003cbr/\u003e12. Pan from microscope to researchers\u003cbr/\u003e13. Pan of researcher putting stem cells back into refrigerator\u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC, March 13, 2001- APTN\u003cbr/\u003e14. Mid view of Dr Goldstein\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Larry Goldstein, American Society of Cell Biologists\u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC February 15, 2001- Pool\u003cbr/\u003e16. Push in view President George Bush in Oval Office\u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles, California  March 13, 2001 - APTN\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide and close-up of lab worker taking out adult stem cells from freezer\u003cbr/\u003eBaltimore, Maryland  March 7, 2001- APTN\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr John Gearhart, Stem Cell Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins Hospital\u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC, February 13, 2001- APTN\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide view of David Prentice\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Prentice, founder, Do No Harm\u003cbr/\u003eBethesda, Maryland  February 28, 2001- APTN\u003cbr/\u003e22. Push in view of Tommy Thompson\u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tommy Thompson, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary\u003cbr/\u003eBaltimore, Maryland  March 7, 2001- APTN\u003cbr/\u003e24. Pan view of scientists working in lab\u003cbr/\u003eEnglish/Nat\u003cbr/\u003eFacing a Thursday deadline, U-S scientists wanting to use federal funding for controversial stem cell research have had to apply not knowing if they will be ultimately successful.\u003cbr/\u003eMedical researchers in the U-S are increasingly worried that President George Bush will follow through on campaign promises to anti-abortion groups and block funding for embryonic stem-cell research.\u003cbr/\u003eScientists fear the move could delay the discovery of new treatments for life-threatening aliments, that range from Alzheimers to paralysis.\u003cbr/\u003eAs the Bush administration weighs what decision to take, both sides in the arguement are shoring up their defences in anticipation of a heated battle.\u003cbr/\u003eEmbryonic stem cells, which have a huge potential to become any cell or tissue in the body, are a recently discovered class of cells derived from discarded human embryos and aborted foetuses.\u003cbr/\u003eThey are a kind of nursery cell that can generate a range of cells in the body.\u003cbr/\u003eFor those in the field, like Dr John Gearhart of Johns Hopkins Hospital, it is an exciting area of rapid discoveries and the potential for therapies is only limited by the number of researchers able to work in the laboratories.\u003cbr/\u003eUtilizing private funding Dr Gearhart, is currently able to work on embryonic stem cells and his research is attracting a lot of attention from the public as well as patient advocacy groups.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Ah, I think we can back it up with by where we are with respect to the experimentation and at the moment I think it is going to be a function of how many investigators can be involved with this work.  There are but a few labs in this country that are working on the types of cells we have. With federal funding that has been approved this work will go much more rapidly for many, many different diseases and injuries.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Dr John Gearhart, Stem Cell Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins Hospital\u003cbr/\u003eAt Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Dr Donald Kohn works on developing therapies for children born with genetic diseases.\u003cbr/\u003eFully federally funded Dr Kohn currently is working on using adult bone marrow stem cells, but he is looking towards working with other stem cells.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think that everyone who does research in this area at the present time,  we are holding our breath waiting to see which way the administration will rule.  Will they stop all of it, which I think would be the wrong way to go; will they put limits on it which would be reasonable or will it continue? We dont know, but I am certainly concerned about it.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION:  Dr Donald Kohn, Research Scientist, L.A. Childrens Hospital\u003cbr/\u003eFor a vocal minority, those opposed to abortions and any use of foetal tissue, embryonic stem cell is a matter of life and death and they are exerting pressure on the new Bush administration to hold the line.  \u003cbr/\u003eWith the approval of the Clinton administration, the U-S National Institutes of Health for the first time formulated guidelines under which scientists using federal funds could bypass a ban on destroying human embryos to work with the stem cells.\u003cbr/\u003eA key understanding of those guidelines was that as long as the scientists themselves did not create or destroy a human embryo to get the cells, they could use them.\u003cbr/\u003ePrivately funded scientist have culled stem cells from embryos, a process that destroys the embryo, and multiplied those cells in a laboratory setting. \u003cbr/\u003eThe N-I-H funded scientists could only use the lab-grown cell lines.\u003cbr/\u003eFacing a mid-March application deadline, researchers have been unsure what reception their funding requests will receive in the months ahead with the Republicans now controlling the White House.  \u003cbr/\u003eDr Larry Goldstein represents the American Society of Cell Biologists.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"If the federal government is involved it can have guidelines, review boards, public input, congressional input - everything else and so if it chooses to stay at home it looses in many ways the opportunities to really influence the course, the conduct, the ethics, what have you.\" \u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Dr Larry Goldstein, American Society of Cell Biologists.\u003cbr/\u003ePresident George Bush appears to be siding with the anti-abortion groups have lined up against the use of human stem cells from embryos.\u003cbr/\u003eBut he says he supports research on other kinds of stem cells, which can also be taken from adults.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile many researchers say that adult stem cells also have great potential, no one knows how useful either type of cell will be in treating medical conditions.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"But I really feel that we should proceed with all of these fronts in an experimental way - see which ones work, which ones dont work for different diseases and disorders and proceed accordingly. \"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Dr John Gearhart, Stem Cell Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins Hospital\u003cbr/\u003eOne Indiana Professor, a cell biologist, has sued the federal government to prevent the funding of embryonic stem cell research.\u003cbr/\u003eDavid Prentice contends the funding will compete with adult stem cell funding and violates a federal ban on taxpayer-funded embryo destruction.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"We should not be destroying human embryos for the potential benefit of other people, that there are other viable and probably more promising resources such as the adult stem cells.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: David Prentice, Founder, Do No Harm\u003cbr/\u003eWeighing up the decision, on behalf of the Bush administration is the new Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson.\u003cbr/\u003eA former governor of Wisconsin, Thompson, supported the research while holding that office ... but now says that federal law might require researchers to use alternatives, such as stem cells taken from adults.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"We're going to review, at the Presidents request and I told you I was going to, review the question of stem cell research.  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