I think stem cell research could provide a lot of valuable research! It's really too bad we have such an ignoramus for a president. Every medical procedure needed to be tested on SOME living thing. I'm sure billions of animals have died in the quest for a better way to perform heart surgery. What is it about the word "embryo" that makes people think it is more cruel? In my opinion, it is just a collection of cells, not a conscious life form and by banning funding the president is just putting our development as a country further and further behind other developed nations.