With a stroke of a pen, President Obama has reversed former President Bush's ban on taxpayer financing of embryonic stem cell research. (In a display of indifference or cowardice, he's announced he's leaving it to Congress to decide whether and how to further lift restrictions on human cloning.)
But "embryonic stem cell research"? Now there's a mouthful. What does that mean?
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