Editors
Speech: Obama Authorizes Federal Funding for Embryonic Stem Cell Research March 9 2009
3/9/2009 11:45:00 AM
President Obama authorizes Federal funding of embryonic stem cell research by signing an Executive Order.
Editors
Policy: Obama Signs Executive Order Authorizing Federal Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
3/9/2009 11:45:00 AM
President Obama signed an Executive Order authorizing Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research - overturning President Bush's ban on such funding.
Stay tuned for the details of the order.
Editors
Final: Can't Use Animal Eggs to Clone Humans
2/2/2009 2:40:00 PM
After 10 years trying hundreds of experiments, it's final. You can't use animal eggs to produce a cloned human embryo.
Teams of scientists have used mice, cows, and rabbit eggs to no avail. Mixing human and animal cells does not appear to program the egg properly, said Dr. Robert Lanza of Massachusetts-based Advanced Cell Technology.