US muddles policy on fetal tissue
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President Bush's veto of a bill to permit the use of fetal tissues in research and the refusal of Congress to override in Jul 1992 were mistakes. Bush rejected the bill on the unjustified grounds that it would induce more women to get abortions by which the tissues are obtained. This argument betrays an ignorance of women's real motives for getting abortions. Fetal tissues have two potentially important uses: to make grafts less likely to be rejected and to investigate parkinsonism and other neurological disorders. Bush is unwise not to be more tolerant of differing opinions on this issue.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1992
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A revived opportunity for fetal research
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The Clinton administration has reversed the ban against research using fetal tissues that provides the window to discuss the technical and moral issues in using the material. Use of fetal tissue should be used for greater understanding of human development and ameliorating unhealthy human conditions. Detailed study of fetal organs is relevant in the stdy of human development. Since fetal cells maintain the ability to regenerate fast, it is transplantable as an organ, can address metabolic disorders and attend to degenerative disorders.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1993
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Fetal implants put to the test
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Three reports of fetal tissue transplant projects to treat Parkinson's disease have raised some hopes of progress. The three projects used different research designs although the therapeutic strategy was the common goal of using mesencephalic cells in patients' basal ganglia. All of the projects resulted in similar and significant increases in motor skills. However, the results were insufficient to justify continuing the experiments without improvement in design and methodology.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1993
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