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By Rob Stein
Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, March 6, 2009; 3:52 PM President Obama is planning to sign an executive order on Monday rolling back restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, according to sources close to the issue. Although the exact wording of the order has not been revealed, the White House plans an 11 a.m. ceremony to sign the order repealing one of the most controversial steps taken by his predecessor, fulfilling one of Obama's eagerly anticipated campaign promises. The move, long sought by scientists and patient advocates and opposed by religious groups, would enable the National Institutes of Health to consider requests from scientists to study hundreds of lines of cells that have been developed since the limitations were put in place -- lines that scientists and patient advocate say hold great hope for leading to cures for a host of major ailments. Administration officials would not comment immediately other than to say "there will be a stem cell related event on Monday." But an email sent out yesterday from the White House stated that officials were planning a ceremony on Monday "on stem cells and restoring scientific integrity to the government process. At the event the president will sign an executive order related to stem cells." Sources close to the issue, asking not to be named because they were not authorized to discuss the plan, said the order would lift the restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cells. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...l?hpid=topnews
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"Thanks for this!" says: | olsen (03-06-2009) |
03-07-2009, 08:13 AM | #2 | ||
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Free at last, free at last, those promising embryonic stem cells will be free at last... and so will science, shackled for the past 8 years by an administration that enjoyed living in the Dark Ages.
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03-07-2009, 10:09 AM | #3 | |||
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I still do not know whether or not stem cells will be of any help in finding a cure for Parkinson's or not. The thing is that now research can move forward and find out for sure.
Thanks Mr. President GregD
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"Thanks for this!" says: | girija (03-07-2009) |
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