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Trump administration ban on NIH use of fetal tissue should worry all scientists

  • Written by Carolyn Coyne, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh
Researchers studying Alzheimer's disease use fetal tissue for their experiments.Atthapon Raksthaput/Shutterstock.com

Throughout history, politicians have restricted or outright banned certain areas of scientific or medical research based on moral or ethical grounds. In some cases, these measures were justified and prevented unethicalhuman or animal...

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