June 4, 1999

Bioethics Panel Plans to Urge Federal Support for Some Human-Embryo Research

By LIZ McMILLEN and PAULETTE WALKER CAMPBELL

The National Bioethics Advisory Commission is preparing to recommend that certain kinds of research on human embryos be allowed to receive federal support.

For four years, Congress has banned using federal funds for research on human embryos. But the Presidentially appointed commission, citing the potential of such research on human embryonic stem cells to lead to important medical treatments, will conclude that the ban should be

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