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Source: Obama to reverse limits on stem cell work
By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer Ben Feller, Associated Press Writer
March 6, 2009
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is expected to sign an executive order on Monday reversing restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. A senior administration official says the president will hold an event at the White House to announce the move. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the policy had not yet been publicly announced on Friday.
Stem cells are the building blocks that turn into different kinds of tissue.
Under President George W. Bush, federal money for research on human embryonic stems cells was limited to those stem cell lines that were created before Aug. 9, 2001. No federal dollars could be used on research with cell lines from embryos destroyed from that point forward.
Lots of good work that can be done with stem cells, and it doesn't all have to involve embryos - maybe ability to do intensive research now will get things to the point where no embryonic material is needed to do future transplants, regenerations, etc.
By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer Ben Feller, Associated Press Writer
March 6, 2009
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is expected to sign an executive order on Monday reversing restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. A senior administration official says the president will hold an event at the White House to announce the move. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the policy had not yet been publicly announced on Friday.
Stem cells are the building blocks that turn into different kinds of tissue.
Under President George W. Bush, federal money for research on human embryonic stems cells was limited to those stem cell lines that were created before Aug. 9, 2001. No federal dollars could be used on research with cell lines from embryos destroyed from that point forward.
Lots of good work that can be done with stem cells, and it doesn't all have to involve embryos - maybe ability to do intensive research now will get things to the point where no embryonic material is needed to do future transplants, regenerations, etc.
