{"id":1063109,"date":"2011-12-18T16:50:02","date_gmt":"2011-12-18T16:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.longevitymedicine.tv\/regblog-over-regulation-of-parthenotes-stifles-valuable-scientific-research-by-sean-j-kealy\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T20:27:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T00:27:08","slug":"regblog-over-regulation-of-parthenotes-stifles-valuable-scientific-research-by-sean-j-kealy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/stem-cell-therapy\/regblog-over-regulation-of-parthenotes-stifles-valuable-scientific-research-by-sean-j-kealy-2.php","title":{"rendered":"RegBlog: Over-Regulation of Parthenotes Stifles Valuable Scientific Research &#8211; by Sean J. Kealy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span>A recent&nbsp;<\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=you-say-embryo-i-say-parthenote\"><span>article<\/span><\/a><\/span><span>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>Scientific American&nbsp;<\/em>questioned whether research on stem cell lines derived from unfertilized eggs was too tightly regulated by the federal government.&nbsp; Now that technology allows the creation of stem cells without fertilization, there is no question that federal laws and guidelines are overly restrictive, causing a detrimental effect on valuable scientific inquiry. &nbsp;<\/span><span><\/span><\/div><div><\/div><div><span>Since 1996, Congress has included the&nbsp;<\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dickey-Wicker_Amendment\"><span>Dickey-Wicker Amendment<\/span><\/a><\/span><span>&nbsp;in the annual federal&nbsp;<\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/BILLS-111hr3082as\/pdf\/BILLS-111hr3082as.pdf\"><span>budget<\/span><\/a><\/span><span>.&nbsp; This amendment was a conservative reaction to what some considered to be scientific research that showed little respect toward life. &nbsp;<\/span><span><\/span><\/div><div><\/div><div><span><span>For example, speaking to the Senate in 1996,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/bioguide.congress.gov\/scripts\/biodisplay.pl?index=S000606\"><span>Robert Smith<\/span><\/a><\/span><span><span>&nbsp;(R-NH)&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/frwebgate.access.gpo.gov\/cgi-bin\/getpage.cgi?position=all&amp;page=s429&amp;dbname=1996_record\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><\/span><span><span>, &ldquo;Just because a private party wants to destroy life, why should Government force taxpayers to give their blessing to that act? &nbsp;Let private parties use private money for their ethically challenged experiments.&rdquo; &nbsp;Similarly, Representative&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/bioguide.congress.gov\/scripts\/biodisplay.pl?index=D000312\"><span>Jay Dickey<\/span><\/a><\/span><span><span>&nbsp;(R-AR)&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/frwebgate.access.gpo.gov\/cgi-bin\/getpage.cgi?position=all&amp;page=H7339&amp;dbname=1996_record\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><\/span><span><span>, also in 1996, that embroyonic research was &ldquo;an attack on the sanctity of life,&rdquo; and&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/frwebgate.access.gpo.gov\/cgi-bin\/getpage.cgi?position=all&amp;page=H7343&amp;dbname=1996_record\"><span>pointed out<\/span><\/a><\/span><span><span>&nbsp;that several pro-life organizations supported the amendment.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span><\/span><\/div><div><\/div><div><b><span>Please click&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dickeywicker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>&nbsp;to read the complete article.&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><span><\/span><\/div><div><b><span><br><\/span><\/b><\/div><div><b><span>Source<\/span><\/b><span><span>:&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.upenn.edu\/blogs\/regblog\/2011\/12\/over-regulation-of-parthenotes-stifles-valuable-scientific-research.html\">http:\/\/www.law.upenn.edu\/blogs\/regblog\/2011\/12\/over-regulation-of-parthenotes-stifles-valuable-scientific-research.ht<\/a><\/span><\/div><div><\/div><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.longevitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/5a6f5_8227825955511981707-8417701868074710146?l=intlstemcell.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/div><p>Source:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/intlstemcell.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default?alt=rss\">http:\/\/intlstemcell.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default?alt=rss<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent&nbsp;article&nbsp;in&nbsp;Scientific American&nbsp;questioned whether research on stem cell lines derived from unfertilized eggs was too tightly regulated by the federal government.&nbsp; Now that technology allows the creation of stem cells without fertilization, there is no question that federal laws and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/stem-cell-therapy\/regblog-over-regulation-of-parthenotes-stifles-valuable-scientific-research-by-sean-j-kealy-2.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,1246878],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1063109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stem-cell-therapy","category-stem-cells"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063109"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1063109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1063109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1063109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1063109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}