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That brings up a good point. The main advantage to government funding of this that i can see is that if the government funding and/or research does lead to a new an innovative method of harnessing stem cells in a useful way then the cost of treatment would be much much lower. If a private company were to find this method it would be patented instantly and no one else would be able to take advantage of it to any real extent. Then they could charge anything they wanted and far less people will benefit. This also worried me a bit when the government was discussing the total ban on stem cell research. Other countries would continue and if they found it you know the rich that voted against the research/treatment here would be the first on line in htese other countries to take care of their problems. But because the less wealthy wouldnt have the money to uproot themselves and visit these other countries for treatment they would get the shaft.
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