BioRegion News GenomeWeb News Premium Content Existing subscribers login here. BioRegion News is Now FREE - Everyone Can Subscribe!

Michigan Academics, Pols, Life-Sci Leaders
Campaign to Lift Stem-Cell Research Limits

[July 14, 2008]

By Alex Philippidis

The leaders argue that the proposed amendment, which will appear on the state’s ballot Nov. 4, will benefit Michigan’s life-sci industry as much as the lives of patients. But a coalition of opponents claims the amendment will lead to unrestricted experimentation on human embryos, end legal hurdles to their destruction, and legalize human cloning, now banned by state law.

Login | Subscribe