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Nature 436, 309 (21 July 2005) | doi:10.1038/436309a; Published online 20 July 2005

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Altered embryos offered as solution to stem-cell rift

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Senators seek way out of voting dilemma.

US lawmakers were last week gathering support for legislation that would ease federal restrictions on funding for embryonic stem-cell research.Public polls favour the bill, which passed by a large bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives on 24 May (see Nature 435, 544–545; 2005).