Francis Fukuyama, George Mason University Professor of public policy, also offered a testimony before the Also offering testimony before the Subcommittee on Health. Fukuyama mentioned in his testimony that many believe that that the U.S. "will risk falling behind technologically if we hobble ourselves by restricting either research into or …show more content…
For example, scientists would gain valuable information about HIV/AIDS by administering the virus to healthy patients but doing so, however, would be unethical. Regarding the debate on cloning one might acknowledge that an authentication of medical research is to commit no harm so long as it has been determined that no other method of acquiring an appropriate good exists within the realms of science. Current progression of break through in non-embryonic stem cell research shows that we have not completely reached that point of conviction (Gruen, Grabel, & Singer). An analogy that can be compared to this example is that though there may not be other means for research, restrictions against inflicting harm continue to