sltrib.com - 3/10/2009
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Obama reverses stem-cell doctrine Researchers eager President Barack Obama signed an executive order Monday removing a ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, reversing a policy set by former President George W. Bush eight years ago. Because most researchers in the U.S. rely on ...
blogs.abcnews.com - 3/6/2009
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blogs.abcnews.com —
ABC News has learned that on Monday morning
President Obama will hold an event at the White...
House in which he signs an executive order overturning the ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. The announcement will be...
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President Obama to Sign Executive Order on Stem Cell ...
news.bbc.co.uk - 3/9/2009
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news.bbc.co.uk —
US President Barack Obama has lifted restrictions on
federal funding for research on new stem cell lines....
Mr Obama signed an executive order in a major reversal of US policy, pledging to "vigorously support" new research. Ex-President George W Bush ...
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Obama ends stem cell funding ban
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Health Care Tuesday
Daily Kos —
... adult stem cell lines from patients with Lou Gehrig’s disease. Yet Eggan said he will still continue his work on human embryonic stem cell research because, "we couldn’t possibly be where we are now without first doing extensive work with human embryonic stem cells ... they remain the stem cell gold standard" against which all cells brought forth as alternatives must be measured. Here's an example of what it means: Stem cell floodgates soon to be opened A developmental biologist who studies the pancreas, ...
Good News on the Science Front -- and about Taxes
Corrente —
... (disguised as the USDA in some instances) must be identified as complicit. So must fast food. So when I read this story about potential progress in the search for a cure for type I diabetes, I was thrilled. ...
Joe Trippi: Science You Can Believe In
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... This isn't just a symbolic gesture - it's a move that actually enables the greatest scientists in our country to get back to work on finding cures. Take just one example: ...
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