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Jeb Bush Opposes Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research NewsMax.com WiresPHILADELPHIA - Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday that he opposes human embryonic stem cell research because it requires the destruction of days-old embryos. Embryonic stem cells form during the early days after conception and can turn into any tissue in the body. Many scientists hope to one day harness them to grow replacement tissue to treat diabetes, spinal cord injuries and other diseases. Story Continues Below But prominent social conservatives, including President Bush and the Roman Catholic Church, are against the research because days-old embryos are destroyed. On Tuesday, the president's brother said he agreed. "I'm opposed to it," the Florida governor told a small group of reporters. "Taking a human life to save life is a huge contradiction morally." In 2001, President Bush banned federal funding for stem cell research except for already existing cell lines, but private groups are funding some new research. Congress is working on legislation that would lift the restrictions. A bill passed the Republican-controlled House by a comfortable margin, but it did not attract enough votes to overcome a presidential veto. Gov. Jeb Bush was in Philadelphia at the Biotechnology Industry Organization's annual convention to jump-start lagging interest in his attempts to create a biotechnology hub of companies in Palm Beach County. The Florida project has been slowed by lawsuits and legal threats by environmentalists who oppose the project's planned location in a former citrus grove.
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