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Funding Stem Cell Research

This week, the House of Representatives passed a bill to increase federal funding for stem cell research. President Bush has threatened to veto the legislation. It got us wondering how has the private sector responded to this debate? Harvard Business Professor Debora Spar joins Kai to talk about the market’s role in stem cell research.

Researcher Jonathan Clarke holds a box containing viles of human embryonic Stem Cell cultures from the freezer at the Burnham Institute in La Jolla, California. (Photo: Sandy Huffaker / (c) Getty Images)

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