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Byline: Jennifer Barrett
Stem cells that come from days-old human embryos hold vast promise to cure diseases, but in 2001 the U.S. government withheld funding for research on new stem-cell lines. Private funding is flowing to new programs at Harvard and elsewhere, but there's a lot of lost ground to make up, says Christopher Thomas Scott, executive director of Stanford University's Program on Stem Cells and Society. He spoke with NEWSWEEK's Jennifer Barrett:
NEWSWEEK: How has the cut-off of federal funds affected stem-cell research?
SCOTT: ...