“for now, fetal tissues are needed to provide a benchmark for the complex tissues and interactions between cells in organs…Restricting fetal tissue research will slow the progress of the alternatives that all parties want and need.”
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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00308-2
Now is not the time to defund human fetal tissue research

Hindering studies involving fetal tissue will impede the development of the alternatives intended to replace it, while slowing the search for new medicines.