[extropy-chat] Funding situation for stem cell research in the EU

[Damien Broderick]

At 08:53 AM 7/25/2006 +0200, Amara Graps wrote:

>The EU will continue to fund stem cell research. (with some conditions)
>News here:
>http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/24/news/union.php
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5209106.stm

This is quite baffling:

< European Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potocnik said 
the EU would not finance the "procurement" of embryonic stem cells - 
a process which results in the death of the embryo - but it would 
finance the "subsequent steps" to make use of the cells. >

You can have any omelette you like as long as you don't break any 
eggs making it?

Damien Broderick