Policy: Axelrod says Obama Will Lift Stem Cell Ban Soon |
|
|
Editors published 2/16/2009 10:20:00 AM
|
David Axelrod, senior Obama advisor, on Fox News Sunday said "We're going to be doing something on that soon, I think. The president is considering that right now" when asked about overturning Bush's ban on Federal funding for embryonic stem cell lines after 2001.
Mr Obama vowed to reverse Mr Bush's ban during his presidential campaign and in his inaugural address last month promised to return science to its proper place in the United States.
The US Food and Drug Administration last month cleared the way for the first trial to see if human embryonic stem cells could treat people safely.
The trial will try to use stem cells from already existing lines to regrow nerve tissue in patients with crushed spinal cords.
Of course, the FDA approved embryonic stem cells that were previously OK'd by Bush. The Telegraph is trying to make it sound like Obama was already breaking from Bush on this matter.
|
| |
