nebula Posted May 1, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Court reverses US funding ban on embryonic stem cells 23:30 29 April 2011 Health Science In Society Peter Aldhous, San Francisco bureau chief US government cash for research on human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) is safe for now, thanks to a ruling by judges sitting in the US Court of Appeals in Washington DC. Last August, a lower court granted an injunction blocking new grants to hESC research. The ruling came in response to a suit brought by two scientists who claim that President Barack Obama's policy to widen funding for the research is illegal. The injunction caught scientists and the US National Institutes of Health by surprise, and was based on a controversial interpretation of a law called the temporarily lifted the injunction back in September. Today's appeals court decision, made by a 2-1 majority, overturns the injunction. More here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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