Wilson scientist: Decision opens door for research
Jackson Hole Daily “Wilson resident Zach W. Hall witnessed a bit of history Monday during a White House ceremony at which President Obama lifted Bush administration...
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British Scientists to Create ‘Synthetic’ Blood
“Scientists in Britain plan to become the first in the world to produce unlimited amounts of synthetic human blood from embryonic stem cells for emergency infection-free...
Monitoring and Regulating Offshore Stem Cell Clinics
Science “Traveling to another country in the hope of finding a stem cell based treatment for a disease”Ó”stem cell tourism””Óhas been the object of intense scrutiny...
Obama Executive Order: For Congress and NIH, Headaches Ahead on Stem Cells
Science “With his long-awaited 9 March executive order lifting restrictions on federal funding for stem cell research, President Barack Obama has opened the door to some...
Crossing the Line?
Modern Healthcare, March 16, 2009 Read more »
Biomedical Research: A First Step in Relaxing Restrictions On Stem Cell Research
Science “Scientists are breathing a huge sigh of relief now that President Barack Obama has put his signature on an executive order lifting the restrictions on...
By common consent
Nature “Engaging with the public helped US scientists build the consensus that finally overturned federal restrictions on human embryonic stem-cell research. That public outreach should not...
Ex-New York Health Commissioner Is F.D.A. Pick
The New York Times “WASHINGTON “Ó President Obama intends to nominate Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, a former New York City health commissioner, to lead the Food...
Personalized cancer therapy gets closer
Nature News “The long-awaited era of personalized genetic medicine may finally be arriving for people with cancer.” Read More »
Stem Cell Decision Worries Some Scientists
The New York Times “LOS ANGELES “Ó While praised by scientists, President Obama's decision to lift restrictions on federal financing of embryonic stem cell research could...
Why Science Can’t Save the GOP
Time Magazine “No one is happier than I am about the latest development in stem-cell research. Scientists in Japan and Wisconsin have independently figured out how...
Overdue Shot in the Arm for Science
New York Post, March 10, 2009 Read more »
Stem Cell Decision Worries Some Scientists
The New York Times, March 10, 2009 Read more »
Stem Cell Researchers Celebrate “÷Wide-Open’ World
Crain’s Health Pulse, March 10, 2009 Read more »
President Obama signs executive order lifting restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) today applauded President Barack Obama’s executive order overturning a Bush Administration policy that, for eight years, restricted the use...
Obama overturns stem-cell ban
Nature News “President’s executive order will allow US human embryonic stem-cell research to thrive at last.” Read More »
Debrief: The Embryonic Stem Cell Debate
CBS News: Political Hotsheet, March 9, 2009 Read more »
Eight Reasons to Applaud Action on Stem Cells
Center for American Progress, March 9, 2009 Read more »
Obama overturns Bush policy on stem cell research
Guardian, March 9, 2009 Read more »
Obama Reverses Bush on Stem Cells
The Christian Science Monitor, March 9, 2009 Read more »
Stem Cell Breakthrough Hailed as End to Ethical Dilemma
Reuters, March 9, 2009 Read more »
Life Science Conflict Grows from Stem Cells
The Harvard Crimson “Only a few years ago, former University President Lawrence H. Summers told alumni in Washington that Harvard could soon resemble Renaissance Florence. The...
Converting Cells Shows Promise for Parkinson’s
The New York Times “In a striking instance of biologists’ new prowess at manipulating human cells, researchers at the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, Mass., have converted...
Human embryonic stem cells hit a nerve
Nature Reports “A new technique can differentiate more neurons from hES cells in less time.” Read More »
Korean egg-donor lawsuit thrown out of court
Nature, News in Brief “On 18 February, Seoul District Court in South Korea rejected a lawsuit about the egg-donation procedures used in the cloning research of...