Big Victory For Stem Cell Research

On Monday, President Barack Obama is expected to reverse restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG-TV
Published: March 06, 2009

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is expected to sign an
executive order on Monday reversing restrictions on federal funding
of embryonic stem cell research.
A senior administration official says the president will hold an
event at the White House to announce the move. The official spoke
on condition of anonymity because the policy had not yet been
publicly announced on Friday.
Stem cells are the building blocks that turn into different
kinds of tissue.
Under President George W. Bush, federal money for research on
human embryonic stems cells was limited to those stem cell lines
that were created before Aug. 9, 2001. No federal dollars could be
used on research with cell lines from embryos destroyed from that
point forward.

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