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Scientists turn anxious eyes to Bush's second term

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“The depression and anxiety over this is palpable,” says John Gearhart, a stem cell researcher at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Whether the issue is therapeutic cloning or AIDS policy, the Bush administration has repeatedly bumped up against accusations that it distorts scientific evidence for political ends.

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