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Senate President Robert E. Travaglini, sponsor of a bill supporting the extraction of stem cells, approached the podium to testify.
Senate President Robert E. Travaglini, sponsor of a bill supporting the extraction of stem cells, approached the podium to testify. (Globe Staff Photo / David L. Ryan) Globe Staff Photo / David L. Ryan

Personal pleas ring at stem cell hearing

Legislators weigh views on science and morality

By Raphael Lewis
Globe Staff / February 17, 2005

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With arguments ranging from the highly personal to the highly technical, witnesses testified before state lawmakers yesterday about the pros and cons of human embryonic stem cell research, forcing legislators to weigh deep moral and scientific questions surrounding a bill intended to stimulate the state's biotechnology sector. (Full article: 964 words)

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