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Bush, Jr. seemed to be back-peddling on stem-cell research but set a "stopping point" at which we must not go beyond.

A hopeful society has institutions of science and medicine that do not cut ethical corners and that recognize the matchless value of every life.
Tonight I ask you to pass legislation to prohibit the most egregious abuses of medical research: human cloning in all its forms; creating or implanting embryos for experiments; creating human-animal hybrids; and buying, selling or patenting human embryos.

(emphasis mine)

Sounds good, right? Except what he really said was much more devious. One of those items bans 100% of the useful research being done, the research that is most likely going to help cure diseases.

Can you guess which one?

(Well, I hope you guessed it because I highlighted it in bold.)

Yes, "human-animal hybrids" includes things such as the introduction of human microbes into test mice blood cells, using animals to grow human organs and so on.

This cartoon explains it with humor:
http://www.xoverboard.com/cartoons/2006_02_06.html