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Fri Dec 14

Trump administration ban on NIH use of fetal tissue should worry all scientists

Written by Carolyn Coyne, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh

Researchers studying Alzheimer's disease use fetal tissue for their experiments.Atthapon Raksthaput/Shutterstock.com

Throughout history, politicians have restricted or outright banned certain areas of scientific or medical research based on moral or ethical grounds. In some cases, these measures were justified and prevented unethical human or animal...

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