Stem Cells

I glanced at the paper a couple days ago and noticed that Obama has ended the ban on stem cell research. I think this is great thing and countless people will benefit from this decision. The potential in the stem cell field for curing alot of diseases, MS and Alzheimers being chief among them.

It could be argued that the decision is a result of the community(US citizens, researchers, etc.) placing pressure on the government. I think this is true but the more obvious engagement will come sometime after. Groups of people will rally against the decision and then groups will rally for stem cells. This can be a very important issue for some people and so they will really fight for or against the decision. In the end I think that re-opening the research is a great choice and the resulting debates should be quite interesting.