TAMR is pleased to report that a of stay the injunction issued Aug. 23 blocking major stem cell funding has been granted by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Read the following links for more information:
Appeals court lifts ban on stem cell funding
What it says in plain English
What it means for the future of embryonic stem cell research
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Tuesday asked a federal judge to lift a restraining order that it says could undercut U.S. government funded embryonic stem cell research. Read More
The renewed debate over embryonic stem cells highlights the advances and complications that have arisen in the field since its controversial beginnings. Read More
Reps. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and Mike Castle (R-Del.) reintroduced legislation Tuesday that would expand and regulate research using embryonic stem cells. Read More
Friday January 29, 2010 NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins approved the recommendation of the Director’s Advisory Committee to approve WiCell’s H1 embryonic stem cell line for inclusion in the NIH Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry. This is the first line from the Bush-era approved for federal funding under the new NIH Guidelines. Forty-three lines are now listed.
For more information see the NIH website
[Stem cell research] is the most promising research in healthcare perhaps in this history of the world and we should not be left behind in this research.
— , NPR’s Morning Edition – February 13, 2004
Read a moving account of Senator Hatch’s long and inspiring search
concerning his decision to support stem cell research from his book, Square Peg.
The "Right to Recover" by Yvonne Perry highlights TAMR's accomplishments in Texas. Click here to read the excerpt and to listen to the companion song.
