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Only a single half sentence had US Präsident Barack Obama in its 18-minute start speech for the science over. Yet the five words released a regular enthusiasm storm under American researchers. It wanted return" said the "science again its lawful place value Obama and signaled therewith unmistakable the end of eight extremely science hostile years in Washington.
In the laboratories and auditoriums of the country, the corks cracked thereupon. "It gave in the science world many happy faces this day", reported Frank press, the former president of the national science academy. NOTICE
The first effects of the new political climate on the research did not let wait long for itself. The biotechnology firm Geron announced would begin three days after Obamas swearing-in, it therewith to test at the person a therapy, that was developed in the research with embryonic stem cells. In the tests, patients with heavy spinal cord injuries get neural precursor cell injected, that produce then hopefully the conductivity of the nerve cells to a conscience degree again. The attempt is the first of its type in the world and counts as a breakthrough on the zone.
Formally there was to be sure no connection between the attempt start and the government change. The permission attended is subordinate the Food and Drug administration (FDA), that not directly the Federal Government. Yet in the US science world, one does not believe that the appointments only accidentally cut over themselves. "I think, the releases had very directly something with the administration change to do", says Robert small, leader of the tribe cell research program of the country California. The Bush government, assumes small, had exerted pressure on the FDA to hesitate the permission as long as possible out.
A heart matter of predecessor was the opponent shafts to the stem cell research George W. Bush. Immediately after its assumption of office in 2001, Bush had ordered that in publicly promoted projects only with already available stem cell lines searched will may. To destroy human life, in order to rescue human life, so Bush at that time, would be ethically not justifiable. And therefore it used 2006 also its veto in order to prevent an already dismissed law to the support of the tribe cell research.
Obama expressed itself already during the campaign clearly for the stem cell research at human embryos. How it creates it to legalize the national support for the winning of new stem cells, one of the many delicate political problems that Bush left behind its successor is however. Obama could revoke to be sure immediately Bushs veto of 2006 per decree. Such a decree would be however disputable.
It would be more effective to bring a new law before the congress. Probably such a law in the present parliament would get also a clear majority. The process could split however the parliament and Obamas exertion to produce diagonally consent to the party lines for important decisions, sabotage. Obama tends nevertheless to the more persistent solution. "The representatives of the American people should in addition its opinion say can, around then to an actual unification to arrive", said he.
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