Scientists have welcomed plans by Barack Obama, the US president, to reverse his predecessor's policies that restricted funding to stem cell research, but the planned move has also drawn criticism. Al Jazeera's Roger Wilkinson reports on the emotional debate over the US administration's approach to research that uses human embryonic stem cells.
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