possibility for new research?

You know I never understood why the conservatives so bitterly opposed any form of stem cell research, apart from their argument that it would destroy a human embryo. Doesn't this in turn stem from religious beliefs more so than personal beliefs, when there is vast amounts of good that can come out of such research? Shows you yet again, that even though people talk about seperation of chruch and state that balance is has just NOT been acheived as yet.

Senate majority leader Bill Frist today will declare his support for expanding funding of embryonic stem cell research, in a break with the President and other conservative Republicans that could change the political dynamics around the controversial and promising form of research.
...''The limitations put in place in 2001 will, over time, slow our ability to bring potential new treatments for certain diseases," Frist will say, according to the text. ''Therefore, I believe the president's policy should be modified."... more .

This would be one interesting story to follow to see the outcome of the situation. I do hope that with in the next 4 years there will be some progress made on the issue, so that they can improve their efforts on research, considering that many other countries, such as Korea, with out such restrictions are able to make leaps in such research already