In the wake of George Bush’s veto of federal stem cell research funding, England’s Tony Blair…
…is on a four-day visit to California to try to boost co-operation between the state and the UK. The UK may benefit from an influx of cash as US stem-cell firms face vocal and politically powerful opposition.
- BBC News: Blair to lure US stem cell firms
Crippled children and alzheimer’s patients aside, biotech is huge business, with correspondingly strong support from Singapore, Korea, China, and now England. Thanks a lot, religious fundiecrats. Just another area where other countries can gain an insurmountable lead.