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				Science & Technology  Biology & Life Sciences   Document Name    Date   Document Type  2002 Legislative Summary: Human Cloning   Dec. 7, 2002 Legislative Analysis 2003 Legislative Summary: Human Cloning Ban   Dec. 13, 2003 Legislative Analysis 2004 Legislative Summary: DNA Testing for Convicts   Dec. 4, 2004 Legislative Analysis 2004 Legislative Summary: Restriction on Federal Abortion Funding   Dec. 4, 2004 Legislative Analysis 2006 Legislative Summary: Stem Cell Research Funding   Dec. 18, 2006 Legislative Analysis A Big Fight Over Fake Meat   Sep. 4, 2018 Legislative Analysis Add-Ons End Years of Wrangling, Clear Path for DNA Testing Bill   Oct. 16, 2004 Legislative Analysis Address of I. Wilmut, Genetic Researcher of the Roslin Institute in Scotland on the Cloning of the Sheep "Dolly": National Press Club, Washington, DC   Apr. 15, 1997 Primary Source Advances in Cancer Research   Aug. 25, 1995 CQ Researcher Agent Orange, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1991 Legislative Analysis Alliance for Aging Research     Encyclopedia Entry Animal Health Research, 1974 Legislative Chronology   1974 Legislative Analysis Animal Patents, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Animal Research Labs, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1989 - 1990 Legislative Analysis Animal Research Labs, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1992 Legislative Analysis Anti-Cloning Bill, 1997 Legislative Chronology   1997 Legislative Analysis Apology of President B. Clinton for Human Radiation Experiments: Acceptance of the Findings of the President's Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments   Oct. 3, 1995 Primary Source Arthritis     Encyclopedia Entry Arthritis, Diabetes Research, 1976 Legislative Chronology   1976 Legislative Analysis Asthma Epidemic   Dec. 24, 1999 CQ Researcher Attempt to Ban Cloning Stalls   2002 Legislative Analysis Biomedical Research, 1973 Legislative Chronology   1973 Legislative Analysis Biomedical Research, 1974 Legislative Chronology   1974 Legislative Analysis Biomedical Research, 1975 Legislative Chronology   1975 Legislative Analysis Biomedical Research, 1976 Legislative Chronology   1975 Legislative Analysis Brownback, Other Ban Supporters Vow to Press for Cloning Debate   Jun. 15, 2002 Legislative Analysis Bush Protects 'Moral Boundary'   Jul. 24, 2006 Legislative Analysis Cancer Funding, 1974 Legislative Chronology   1974 Legislative Analysis Cancer Registries, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1992 Legislative Analysis Cancer Treatments   Sep. 11, 1998 CQ Researcher Capitol Hill's Uneasy Mix Of Science and Politics   Jul. 21, 2001 Legislative Analysis Cloning by Any Other Name: A Defining Battle   Jun. 15, 2002 Legislative Analysis Cloning Debate Undiminished Despite House-Passed Ban   Mar. 1, 2003 Legislative Analysis Cloning Debate   Oct. 22, 2004 CQ Researcher Cloning Issue Reaches FDA   Nov. 13, 2006 Legislative Analysis Cloning, Human   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Criminal Justice Bill Highlights   Oct. 16, 2004 Legislative Analysis Cures May Arise From Genome Mapping, But Congress Anticipates Headaches   Jun. 23, 2001 Legislative Analysis Designer Humans   May 18, 2001 CQ Researcher Diabetes Epidemic   Mar. 9, 2001 CQ Researcher Diamond v. Chakrabarty: Brief Summary   Jun. 16, 1980 Case Summary Diethylstilbestrol (DES) Research, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1992 Legislative Analysis Disabilities Prevention, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1990 Legislative Analysis DNA Databases   May 28, 1999 CQ Researcher DNA Evidence, 1999-2000 Legislative Chronology   1999 - 2000 Legislative Analysis DNA Package Faces GOP Resistance   Sep. 11, 2004 Legislative Analysis DNA Regulation, 1977 Legislative Chronology   1977 Legislative Analysis DNA Regulation, 1978 Legislative Chronology   1978 Legislative Analysis DNA Testing, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   191 - Legislative Analysis DNA-Mapping Project Could Revolutionize Health Research   Apr. 11, 2016 Legislative Analysis Drug-Resistant Bacteria   Jun. 4, 1999 CQ Researcher Elderly Health, Alzheimer's, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1990 Legislative Analysis Embryo Research   Dec. 17, 1999 CQ Researcher Emotionally Charged Cloning Debate Pits Advocates of Total Human Ban Against Backers of Biomedical Research   Apr. 6, 2002 Legislative Analysis Estrogen Research and Therapies     Encyclopedia Entry Fall Agenda: Human Cloning Ban   Aug. 30, 2003 Legislative Analysis FDA Could Give Zoo Elephants More Room to Roam     Legislative Analysis Federal Regulation of Modified Crops   Jul. 24, 2006 Legislative Analysis Fewer Abortions, More Questions   Jul. 25, 2005 Legislative Analysis Fisheries Research, 1968 Legislative Chronology   1968 Legislative Analysis Forensics Grants, 1999-2000 Legislative Chronology   1999 - 2000 Legislative Analysis Futurist: Genes Without Borders   Mar. 16, 2009 Legislative Analysis Gender and Learning   May 20, 2005 CQ Researcher Generations After Darwin, Evolution Still on Trial   Aug. 8, 2005 Legislative Analysis Genes and Health   Jan. 21, 2011 CQ Researcher Genetic Engineering: Summary Statement of the Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA Molecules, National Academy of Sciences   May 20, 1975 Primary Source Geriatrics: Elderly-Specific Treatment     Encyclopedia Entry Globalizing Science   Feb. 1, 2011 CQ Global Researcher Great Ape Protection, 1999-2000 Legislative Chronology   1999 - 2000 Legislative Analysis Guidelines for Federal Funding of Human Stem Cell Research Issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)   Aug. 23, 2000 Primary Source Health Risks of Radon and Other Internally Deposited Alpha-Emitters: Report of the Committee on Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations   Jan. 5, 1988 Primary Source Heart Disease: Research and Treatment     Encyclopedia Entry House Vote 204: Federal Research on Stem Cells   Jan. 9, 2006 Legislative Analysis Human Cloning, 1997-1998 Legislative Chronology   1997 - 1998 Legislative Analysis Human Cloning, 1997-1998 Legislative Chronology   1998 Legislative Analysis Human Cloning, 1998 Legislative Chronology   1998 Legislative Analysis Human Genome Research   May 12, 2000 CQ Researcher Hurricane Relief Spurs Bid for Pest Control Funds   Dec. 18, 2017 Legislative Analysis Hyde Abortion Restrictions Expanded   Nov. 27, 2004 Legislative Analysis Increase in Autism   Jun. 13, 2003 CQ Researcher Infertility Clinics, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1992 Legislative Analysis Injury Research, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1990 Legislative Analysis Inmate DNA Testing Bill Wins Robust House Support, But Senate Shelf Life Is Short   Sep. 25, 2004 Legislative Analysis Innovation Nation: Vertical Farms Stack Up the Food Supply   Oct. 2, 2017 Legislative Analysis Invasive Species   Oct. 5, 2001 CQ Researcher Lawmakers Weigh Incentives For High-Risk Vaccine Business   Oct. 30, 2004 Legislative Analysis Legal Victim Status for Fetuses Closer to Passage in House; Opponents See Attack on Roe   Jan. 24, 2004 Legislative Analysis Mad Cow Case in Washington State Pushes Labeling Issue to Fore   Jan. 24, 2004 Legislative Analysis Mad Cow Disease   Mar. 2, 2001 CQ Researcher Marine Biotechnology Grants, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education: Ruling of the Federal District Court on Creation Science. Judge W.R. Overton   Jan. 5, 1982 Primary Source Modified Crops Finding A Friendlier Playing Field   Jul. 24, 2006 Legislative Analysis National Biological Service, 1995-1996 Legislative Chronology   1995 - 1996 Legislative Analysis National Institutes of Health (NIH) Reauthorization, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1990 Legislative Analysis National Institutes of Health (NIH) Reauthorization, 1992   1992 Legislative Analysis News Release, "Study Supports Use of DNA Typing in Forensic Science," Issued by National Research Council to Accompany "DNA Technology in Forensic Science"   Apr. 14, 1992 Primary Source Nothing Fuzzy in This Plan   Nov. 11, 2013 Legislative Analysis Obama Reverses Bush Stem Cell Policy   Mar. 16, 2009 Legislative Analysis Opposition Leaves Bill Offering Inmates DNA Access Missing Link in Evidence Chain   Oct. 9, 2004 Legislative Analysis Ownership of Human Tissues and Cells. Report of the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) on New Developments in Biotechnology   Mar. 25, 1987 Primary Source Pacific Yew, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1992 Legislative Analysis Papal Encyclical on a "'Culture of Death"' by Pope John Paul II   Mar. 30, 1995 Primary Source Patenting Human Genes   May 31, 2013 CQ Researcher Patents and Copyrights, 1995-1996 Legislative Chronology   1995 - 1996 Legislative Analysis Plant Variety Protection, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis President Bush on Vetoing Stem Cell Legislation   Jul. 19, 2006 Primary Source President George W. Bush's Announcement of his Support for Federal Funding of Research on Stem Cells Already Extracted From Human Embryos   Aug. 9, 2001 Primary Source President's Council on Bioethics Report: "Alternative Sources Human Pluripotent Stem Cells"   May 12, 2005 Primary Source Presidential Commission Report on Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry   Jul. 11, 2002 Primary Source Presidential Council on Bioethics Report on Cloning: "Reproduction and Responsibility: The Regulation of New Biotechnologies"   Apr. 1, 2004 Primary Source Progress vs. Privacy   May 26, 2008 Legislative Analysis Real Fears Cooked Up By a Synthetic Genome   Jun. 21, 2010 Legislative Analysis Regenerative Medicine   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Reluctant Congress Drafted Into Bioengineering Battle     Legislative Analysis Remarks of President B. Clinton, Prime Minister T. Blair, F.S. Collins, and J.C. Venter on Completion of Two Working Maps of the Human Genome   Jun. 26, 2000 Primary Source Report by R. MacNeish to American Association for the Advancement of Science, Evidence Humans First Came to North America 28,000 Years Ago   Feb. 9, 1992 Primary Source Report of Senate Committee: "U.S. Chemical and Biological Warfare-Related Dual Use Exports to Iraq, Their Possible Impact on Health Consequences of the Persian Gulf War"   May 25, 1994 Primary Source Republicans Take on Fetal Tissue Researchers   Apr. 4, 2016 Legislative Analysis Research Laboratory, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1989 Legislative Analysis Researchers Fear Ban on Use of Fetal Tissue   Nov. 9, 2015 Legislative Analysis Resolution and Letter on the Moral Implications of Human Genetic Engineering   Jun. 8, 1983 Primary Source Resolution by the National Academy of Sciences on evolution versus creation in textbooks   Oct. 17, 1972 Primary Source Scaling Down Nanotech's Trade War Potential   Apr. 7, 2008 Legislative Analysis Scientific, Moral, Ethical Conundrum Of Human Cloning Ban Creates Political Minefield for 108th Congress   Jan. 4, 2003 Legislative Analysis Scientists Announce the Sequencing of a Cancer Genome   Nov. 5, 2008 Primary Source Scientists Successfully Create Human Embryonic Stem Cells   May 15, 2013 Primary Source Senate Argues Promise and Peril Of Human Stem Cell Research     Legislative Analysis Senate Debate on Human Cloning Likely to Focus on Ethical Boundaries Of Scientific Advancements   Jan. 26, 2002 Legislative Analysis Senate Panel Considers a Bill To Prevent Human Cloning By Banning a Lab Technique   2001 Legislative Analysis Senators Grapple With Ethics Of Human Stem Cell Research In Hearings on Federal Role     Legislative Analysis Senators Question Adequacy Of FDA, NIH Protections For Genetic Therapy Patients     Legislative Analysis Senators to Push for Legislation To Strengthen Federal Protection Of Volunteer Gene Therapy Patients     Legislative Analysis Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer   2008 Unknown Sound Science     Encyclopedia Entry Speech to the National Press Club by Agriculture Secretary D. Glickman on the Safety of Genetically Altered Food Crops   Jul. 13, 1999 Primary Source Statement from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) on Study of Radioactive Fallout from Nuclear Testing during the 1950s   Aug. 1, 1997 Primary Source Statements by Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman that a Cow in Washington State Tested Positive for Mad Cow Disease   Dec. 23, 2003 Primary Source States Ready to Fill Gap in Stem Cell Research   Mar. 28, 2005 Legislative Analysis Stem Cell Backers Heartened, Wary   Feb. 4, 2013 Legislative Analysis Stem Cell Bill Veto Marks a First for This President   Jul. 24, 2006 Legislative Analysis Stem Cell Funding Fight Divides GOP   May 30, 2005 Legislative Analysis Stem Cell Politics: An Unsettled Issue   Jul. 24, 2006 Legislative Analysis Stem Cell Research Dollars Keep Flowing   Jul. 24, 2006 Legislative Analysis Stem Cell Research   Sep. 1, 2006 CQ Researcher Stem Cell Research   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Stem Cell Ruling Draws Congressional Rebukes   Sep. 6, 2010 Legislative Analysis Stem Cells   2008 Encyclopedia Entry Support Grows for Stem Cell Research   2005 Legislative Analysis Supreme Court Rules on Gene Patents   Jun. 13, 2013 Primary Source Surgical Team's News Briefing on First Artificial Heart Implant in a Human Patient   Jul. 4, 2001 Primary Source Technology, Public Policy, and the Changing Structure of Agriculture. Report from the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA)   Mar. 17, 1986 Primary Source The Cloning Controversy   May 9, 1997 CQ Researcher The Trump Budget: Health and Human Services   Jun. 26, 2017 Legislative Analysis Turning the Stem Cell Argument   Jun. 6, 2005 Legislative Analysis Vaccine Controversies   Aug. 25, 2000 CQ Researcher Vaccines: What's in Development   Oct. 30, 2004 Legislative Analysis When's Your Daddy?   Nov. 21, 2011 Legislative Analysis Who Is Supporting Cloning Bills   Apr. 6, 2002 Legislative Analysis
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