Parliament must determine ethical limits to medical research: U.S. has decided not to fund stem cell research which would require the destruction of human embryos

In January 2001, the president of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) stated: "It is not the role of scientists to determine the ethical limits to research or the application of genetic knowledge to the delivery of public health. That is the role of legislatures and the public."

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