That is a real challenge. Singapore is setting up this huge biotech research center and offering things that we are not going to be able to offer.
The biggest challenge with the "no fuding" for these sorts of projects isn't the stem cell lines themselves, although that is an issue. The big challenge is that large research institutes who get federal money can't use existing facilities for the research, they have to have totally separate facilities that they can demonstrate are not in any way funded by the federal government. Creating a stem cell line isn't that hard at this point; building a new $100 million research facility is another matter. California has taken it upon itself to build such a facility in San Francisco. In the end, all this decision by the President does is create another two-year delay, because I suspects whoever is president next will strike down what Bush has done. On 7/19/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Bob wrote: > > Wow I really can't believe that there are actually people in the > technology industry that have an issue with this. > > Um, yup. And really, as Gel pointed out, all it does it strike > another blow at America's leadership. We're already sending our jobs > overseas and now our most talented people. > > And, as Sam pointed out, this is not a good strategy for a bankrupt > country. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:5/messageid:211474 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
