11.   Biden said he would support more research into a limited missile defense system.

12.   According to some polls, a majority of Americans support such research.

13.   After a bout with prostate cancer, he established a nonprofit foundation to support cancer research.

14.   Agilent will financially support the research at Harvard and collaborate with scientists there.

15.   Bush said on Thursday that he would support research only on those lines of cells already derived from embryos that no longer exist.

16.   Bush, an abortion opponent, has stated that he supports research on adult stem cells.

17.   But even some experts who support research on missile defense systems have reservations about the new initiatives.

18.   But he said he was persuaded to support the research because the embryos may be lawfully discarded anyway.

19.   But Licklider, shortly after he took over at ARPA, organized an informal committee of people in the government who were supporting computer research.

20.   But the debate has been anything but quiet, especially since President Bush earlier this month allowed limited taxpayer funds to support research on embryonic stem cells.