Syracuse students have split opinions on cord blood facility, stem cell research...

The Daily Orange notes that:

"Gov. George E. Pataki recently announced that the center, a collaboration of the state health department, the State University of New York's Upstate Medical University and the New York State Blood and Tissue Council, will be opened to research stem cells."

The facility will utilize umbilical cord blood for research purposes.

The article shows that the students at Syracuse have mixed reactions to the news. While some seem excited at the prospect of beating diseases like cancer, others have reservations about stem cell research and cloning.

You can read the Orange article to learn how a handful of Syracuse students felt about the presence of the new research center.