American Science Left By the Wayside

The senate is expected to pass a bill to relax funding for stem cell research and Bush is expected to veto. Most major breakthroughs in medical science in the next 100 years will come from stem cell research, but these will happen in other countries.

A vest majority of American's support the measures but this will be Bush's first veto in 6 years. The current system is just too restrictive and will cause America to fall behind in medical research, according to Republican Bill Frist:

"I feel that the limit on cell lines available for federally funded research is too restrictive," Frist said on the Senate floor Monday.

Of course, there are those who say that the senate is setting Bush up for failure. He doesn't need any help, there are no valid arguments against these measures.

Oh, and good work to the republicans who support this, though it probably wont stand up to a veto. I am extremely interested to see how Conrad Burns votes.