Iran invests $2.5b in stem cell research

[marcstck]

The Iranians have already done stem cell testing on human MS patients, and continue to forge ahead with stem cell research. Politics aside, kudos to them in this regard.

I also found it interesting that the article notes that Muslim clerics declare that life begins three months after conception. Thus, they don't have the moral dilemma that most Western countries do...

http://www.payvand.com/news/08/nov/1059.html