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Policy Analysis: Life Sciences, Policy
Published: 21 June 2012
Horizon 2020 must fund embryonic stem cell research

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The UK’s big guns of medical research have united with patients’ group to pre-empt the expected call by some MEPs to end funding of human embryonic stem cell research, when the plan for Horizon 2020 is debated in the European Parliament


The outbreak of yet another row over the funding of embryonic stem cell research looks likely this week when MEPs debate the Horizon 2020 proposals.

There are bound to be divergent views expressed at hearings on Monday and Tuesday on the precise size and shape of the proposed €80 billion Horizon 2020 R&D programme, which succeeds Framework Programme 7 in 2014. But these will merely represent differing opinions on how to achieve the shared objective of...

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Related subjects: Stem cells, United Kingdom, Horizon 2020

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