Sentences with phrase «funding for embryonic stem cell research»

EVEN AS the U.S. senate debates on expanding federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, it may be remembered that the claims professed in many papers of adult stem cells becoming any specialised cells should be taken with a pinch of salt.

The president has lifted the Bush restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.

First, promising to restore the integrity of science while seeking vast medical benefits for many, President Obama repealed the restrictions set by President Bush on the use of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research.

And in a way, this is not very radical because that's what Bush said in August of 2001 when he became the first president to authorize federal funds for embryonic stem cell research.

On March 9, 2009, President Obama lifted the ban that had previously restricted the use of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research on cell lines that had been created after August 9, 2001.

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• President Obama did not go half far enough in lifting the ban against federal funding for embryonic stem - cell research.

He decreed that the case brought by researchers Drs James Sherley and Theresa Deisher, along with a number of Christian groups including the Christian Medical Association, should be heard; and ordered an injunction temporarily blocking federal funding allocated for human - embryonic - stem - cell research.

Although he never banned this research outright, President Bush limited federal funding for research to the embryonic stem cell lines that existed before August 2001, thus drawing a line at destroying human embryos created after that date.

The year's most prominent science issue, federal support of embryonic stem cell research, is so controversial that the sons of Ronald Reagan gave dueling speeches at the opposing party conventions; Michael Reagan backs President George W. Bush's policies, including the ban on funding for research on new stem cell lines, while Ron supports Senator John Kerry's promise to lift restrictions.

He worries that the ruling could foster an unwelcoming climate that would eventually trickle down to limit funding for basic research on embryonic stem cells.

In granting an injunction to two scientists who oppose widening US government funding for research on human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), Judge Royce Lamberth wrote of «simply preserving the status quo».

Although the U.S. government puts stringent restrictions on funding for research on embryonic stem cells, individual states such as California have set up institutes to perform that work and general stem cell studies.

They then argue that «By creating a financial incentive for embryonic stem cell research — an incentive that by NIH's own admission involves investments of «hundreds of millions of dollars» — and by specifying the precise means by which embryos must be destroyed in order to qualify for federal funding, the NIH necessarily and knowingly subjects embryos to a substantial risk of injury or death.»

Collins and others argue not just for a permanent removal of the injunction to resume research with confidence, but also for an extension of the number of embryonic stem cell lines available to federally funded researchers.

Under the Obama administration, the number of embryonic stem cell lines available for federally funded research had more than tripled, but no money was going toward the creation of any cell lines (a process that destroys the embryo).

Human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research had been backed by federal funds for more than a decade, but a surprise August injunction by a federal judge threw the field's future into question.

► On Wednesday at ScienceInsider, Tania Rabesandratana reported from Brussels that the European Commission has denied a request by a citizens» initiative to «block E.U. funding for research using embryonic stem cells.»

A Washington, D.C., judge said this afternoon that his ruling 2 weeks ago, halting all federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research, will stand while the case moves forward.

In late 2004, California voters approved Proposition 71, allocating $ 3 billion over 10 years, making California the largest single funder of embryonic and pluripotent stem cell research in the world and consequently one of the strongest job markets for regenerative research.

This set the stage for a relatively restrictive environment for embryonic (although not adult) stem cell research in the United States relative to some other countries — the National Institutes of Health currently funds between about $ 600 miilion to $ 700 million a year in stem cell research.

Research on embryonic stem cells funded by the U.S. government must stop immediately for a court - ordered review, Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled today.

The final guidelines on research with human embryonic stem cells issued on Monday by the National Institutes of Health set out criteria for determining which ES cell lines can be used in federally funded experiments and give NIH discretion to approve old lines that don't meet stringent modern ethical requirements.

The bill was put forth to loosen the restrictions Bush placed on human embryonic stem cell research on August 9, 2001, when he banned federal funding for work with any stem cell line created after that date.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is scrambling to push out research grants for work on human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and has given a cautious all - clear to in - house stem cell researchers after an appeals court yesterday temporarily lifted a ban on federal funding for hESC research.

In the latest twist in an increasingly complex legal struggle, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has appealed a judge's refusal on Tuesday to remove the ban on funding for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research.

«We are in an era where the primary issues are not federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research,» wrote CAMR President Amy Comstock Rick, who is also CEO of the Parkinson's Action Network, in an e-mail to the more than 100 patient advocacy, scientific, and other groups that belong to CAMR.

In March, President Barack Obama lifted Bush's ban on using federal funds for research on human embryonic stem cells derived after August 2001.

But last April he also voted for the HOPEAct, a Bush - supported «compromise» bill that would open up federal funding for research that does not involve the creation, destruction, or injury of embryos; seeing as there are not yet any embryonic stem cells lines that meet this condition (ACT hasn't yet proven that their technique poses no «risk of injury»), the HOPE funding would only be available for non-embryonic stemcells.

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Lamberth, who ordered a temporary ban on federal funding for human embryonic stem cells research last August that an appeals court later overturned, is expected to issue a final ruling on the matter as soon as this summer.

U.S. Supreme Court rejects petition calling for ban on taxpayer - funded human embryonic stem cell research

The 2012 platform also repeats previous calls for expanding federal funding «for the stem - cell research that now offers the greatest hope for many afflictions — with adult stem cells, umbilical cord blood, and cells reprogrammed into pluripotent stem cells — without the destruction of embryonic human life.»

If dealing with the public relations nightmare over its on - off - on funding of Planned Parenthood wasn't enough, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure cancer charity last week also got entangled, somewhat bizarrely, in the debate over human embryonic stem (ES) cell research.

A U.S. appeals court today upheld the legality of federally funded research on human embryonic stem cells (hESCs)-- the latest in a string of wins for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in a 3 - year legal battle with groups that for moral reasons want to block the use of these cells.

Since its inception, CIRM has sought to create a system from the ground up for funding research on human embryonic stem cells to fill in the gaps left by federal funding restrictions (ScienceNOW, 12 April).

\ n \ nWhile historically there had been a ban on taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research, there has never been a ban on private funding in this country and many European countries have allowed this type of research for years, but so far none of this research has yielded a single therapeutic use.

Twenty - seven human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines are ethically derived and should be approved for use in research funded by the US linkurl: National Institutes of Health; http://www.nih.gov/ (NIH), a committee advising the NIH director linkurl: recommended today (December 4).

February 2010 - Italian stem cell scientists challenge goverment EuroSyStem scientist Elena Cattaneo challenges Italian government - the story continues In the summer of 2009, three Italian stem celli scientists unsuccessfully challenged their government in the courts over its decision to exclude human embryonic stem cell research from a ministerial funding call for projects on stem cell biology.

The Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research argues that seven in ten Americans want to eliminate restrictions on public funding of embryonic stem cell research, while the Conference of Catholic Bishops points to a poll showing six in ten oppose such funding altResearch argues that seven in ten Americans want to eliminate restrictions on public funding of embryonic stem cell research, while the Conference of Catholic Bishops points to a poll showing six in ten oppose such funding altresearch, while the Conference of Catholic Bishops points to a poll showing six in ten oppose such funding altogether.

Bush sought to honor the spirit, if not, perhaps, the letter, of Dickey - Wicker by providing funding for embryonic stem - cell research without incentivizing further embryo destruction.

The birthday greeting contained an unintended irony, for while CIRM was approved by California voters a decade ago to give priority funding to human embryonic stem cell research, eight of the 10 approved clinical trials referenced by City of Hope were for research projects using adult and other non-embryonic stem cells.

Tarne demonstrates that funding has moved from grants directed primarily towards embryonic stem cell research toward primarily ethical stem cells research — which has been the only stem cell research to date to result in positive treatments for illnesses.

This was the position taken by then President Clinton's National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC), the first presidential bioethics panel to recommend federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research (hESCR).

Specter on Monday introduced a bill that affirmatively states that it is legal for the government to fund human embryonic stem cell research — a bill highly similar to the one introduced in the House in March by Diana DeGette (Democrat, Colorado), with one important extra: Specter's bill states that the government should fund the research «notwithstanding any other provision of law, including [the Dickey - Wicker amendment].»

In 2014, Minnesota became the most recent of a handful of states that provide state funding for all types of stem cell research, including human embryonic stem cell research.

Organized by the South Dakotans for Lifesaving Cures, the petition drive comes eight months after President Barack Obama overturned a 2001 order by then - President George W. Bush that barred the National Institutes of Health from funding embryonic stem cell research beyond the existing stem cell lines.

The order severely restricts embryonic stem cell research to existing lines of cells and bans federal funding for any research expansion outside his directive.

Last week, a ruling by federal Judge Royce C. Lamberth left many human embryonic stem cell (hESC) researchers not only scrambling for funding and concerned about the future of their own research, but also concerned for the future of the whole field in this country.

The legislation would have eased restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem - cell research.

The previous NIH - funded National Stem Cell Bank (NSCB) offered embryonic stem cells at $ 500 for two vials of cells through the non-profit organization WiCell Research Institute, but following the end of the NSCB, WiCell now charges $ 1000 / vial to cover coStem Cell Bank (NSCB) offered embryonic stem cells at $ 500 for two vials of cells through the non-profit organization WiCell Research Institute, but following the end of the NSCB, WiCell now charges $ 1000 / vial to cover costem cells at $ 500 for two vials of cells through the non-profit organization WiCell Research Institute, but following the end of the NSCB, WiCell now charges $ 1000 / vial to cover costs.