A. Obama allows federal funding for stem cell research in the US. The controversy in American over the ethics of using embryonic stem cells to heal the sick hasn't deferred US President Barack Obama from making a new policy announcement.
B. By issuing an executive order on March 9, Obama has reversed George W Bush's policy that no federal funding would be available to promote research in human embryonic stem cells.
C. Stem cells are undefined cells present in adults, they are also found in abundance in embryos and umbilical cord blood.
D. Though all stem cells have the potential to heal - because they can be coaxed to grow into specific kinds of tissues or organs with cloning technology - it is embryonic stem cells that have greater potential on account of their ability to grow into virtually any body part.
E. Will the US Congress now allow taxpayers money to be used for human embryo experiment involving their creation and destruction, overturning the legislative ban it has been renewing every year since 1996?
F. That's why research prefer to work with embryonic stem cells that have greater scope than adult stem cells with their limitations.
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