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Basic science provides long-term benefits for ourselves and our fragile planet and should be supported by all the world's societies.

I have always focused on basic research, motivated by a desire to understand the world.

I support stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research.

I've always been on the side of science that tries to help man. I play an active part with the foundations I'm involved in. Science gives hope.

We have a lot to gain through furthering stem cell research, but medical breakthroughs should be fundamentally about saving, not destroying, human life. Therefore, I support stem cell research that does not destroy the embryo.

I wholeheartedly support umbilical stem cell research, but also support embryonic stem cell research.

Why do we do basic research? To learn about ourselves.

I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.

Through this additional support, we must renew our commitment to provide talented young people with the opportunity to build scientific careers based on their curiosity, the same opportunity that was provided to me when I began my work.