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Political Cells

Mar 14, 2007

Though neither Robert George nor Rev. Thomas Berg is a scientist (George is a law professor and Berg is a Catholic priest), their opinion piece in today's Wall Street Journal outlines Six Stem Cell Facts in the pursuit of "intellectual honesty."

While we appreciate that pursuit, in the interest of intellectual honesty, it would've been nice for George and Berg to mention the problems of approved cell lines that are contaminated or do not thrive in culture.

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