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In Ethical, Responsible Ways Research Has Justified President
Bushs Commitment To Support Responsible Research On Pluripotent
Stem Cells President Bushs Balanced Stem Cell Policies Are
Helping Advance Science And Ethics Together In 2001, President
Bush announced a balanced approach to stem cell research that
would allow Federal funding for research using existing
embryonic stem cell lines. This policy allowed the Federal
government to support research on dozens of existing stem cell
lines without sanctioning or encouraging the destruction of
additional human embryos. President Bush is the first President
to provide Federal funding for human embryonic stem cell
research. Since 2001, the Administration has made more than $170
million available for research on stem cell lines derived from
human embryos that had already been destroyed. In addition, the
Administration has provided nearly $3.7 billion for research on
all forms of stem cells, including