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Policy: Obama Embryonic Stem Cell Funding May be Less Than Bush
5/20/2009 5:40:00 PM
Proposed Obama administration rules on funding of embryonic stem cells would be more restrictive than those of the prior Bush administration. Obama would require prior informed consent.
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SHOCK: Obama Signs Bill Banning Federal Funding of Embryonic Stem Cells
3/13/2009 1:20:00 PM
President Obama signed H.R. 1105, the “Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (aka omnibus appropriations bill) on Wednesday which included a hidden provision that explicitly bans federal funding of any "research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death." This bill is counter to the claims of Obama made just Monday where "sc...
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Executive Order: REMOVING BARRIERS TO RESPONSIBLE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN STEM CELLS
3/9/2009 1:00:00 PM
The text of President Obama's Executive Order lifting restrictions on Federal funding of embryonic stem cells.
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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.
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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.
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FLASH: Policy: Obama to Sign Embryonic Stem Cell Executive Order Monday
3/6/2009 4:06:00 PM
President Obama will sign an executive order Monday authorizing Federal funds to be used in embryonic stem cell research. This was widely expected. However, it is ironic this funding will be available just as embryonic stem cells may not be needed with the recent advances in 'artificial' embryonic stem cells (aka iPS or induced pluripotent cells).
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Policy: Are Embryonic Stem Cells Obsolete?
3/5/2009 9:50:00 AM
With the recent advances in reprogramming adult stem cells to mimic embryonic stem cells, and their increased survival rate in patients, has the need for embryonic stem cell research ended? Bernadine Healy, M.D., the former head of the National Institutes of Health, and the American Red Cross, states her case.
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Policy: Embryonic Stem Cell Bill Reintroduced in US Senate
2/27/2009 10:30:00 AM
Senators Tom Harkin, (D) Iowa, and Arlen Specter, (R) Pennsylvania, reintroduced a Senate bill that would allow federal financing for human embryonic stem-cell research, in anticipation of President Obama’s support. The same bill was approved by both houses of Congress in 2007, then vetoed by President Bush.
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Policy: Axelrod says Obama Will Lift Stem Cell Ban Soon
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.
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That Giant Sucking Sound is Investors Fleeing to United States for Stem Cell Research
2/1/2009 5:38:00 PM
With Obama expected to overturn the Bush ban on Federal funding of embryonic stem cell research soon, global investments may be drying up and the stem cell brain drain is flowing into the United States.
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US Stem Cell Bank now has all 21 Federally Approved Embryonic Stem Cell Lines
1/30/2009 6:00:00 AM
The National Stem Cell Bank (NSCB) has now acquired all 21 embryonic stem cell lines currently available for Federal funding.
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CBS News Feature on FDA Approval of World's First Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy
1/26/2009 1:03:00 PM
Teri Okita, CBS News, feature on January 23, 2009. World's first embryonic stem cell therapy on spinal cord patients. Features an interview with Dr. Neil Theise of Beth Israel Medical Center discussing the hopes for embryonic stem cell treatments - heart disease, kidney disease, stroke patients, etc.
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FDA Approves World's First Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy in Humans. Will They Walk Again?
1/23/2009 9:25:00 AM
The FDA announced today that Geron Corp, a California biotechnology company, will perform the world's first embryonic stem cell (hESC) therapy on humans. Geron will inject hESC cells directly into the damaged sites of paraplegic patients with spinal cord injuries in an effort to regrow ner...
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Policy: Obama May Get Congress to Lift Stem Cell Ban
1/17/2009 11:32:00 AM
President-Elect Obama said Friday he may not reverse the Bush stem cell ban. But instead, he may ask Congress to act.
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President Bush Doesn't Like Scientists?
1/9/2009 3:00:00 PM
The Economist accuses President Bush of suppressing the publication of research he did not like. Plus, the only question that remains is: Whether to overturn restrictions on embryonic-stem-cell research through executive order or by legislation.
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Obama Expected to Lift Bush Ban on Embryonic Stem Cell Research
11/24/2008 7:38:00 PM
President-Elect Obama is expected to lift the ban on Federal funding of embryonic stem cell research established by President Bush. Speaker Pelosi on board to lift the ban during Obama's first 100 days. |
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