Minister Roils Italy on Stem Cell Research

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ROME - Italy's new research minister has touched off a political storm in this Roman Catholic country by saying he was open to embryonic stem cell research.

The fuss began when University and Research Minister Fabio Mussi - a left-wing lawmaker from a former Communist Party - said during a visit to Brussels this week that he had removed Italy's signature from a "declaration of ethics" objecting to using European Union funds for embryonic stem cell research.

The declaration had allowed its seven signatories to block any EU plans for funding such research in countries that allow it. In Italy, stem cell research is illegal and is not affected by Mussi's decision.

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Ugh- stem cell research is not illegal... human embryonic stem cell research is illegal.

I'm rather surprised to see the media furthering the idea that stem cell research and all its promises are synomous with human embryonic research- the most useless and unproductive form of stem cell research to date.