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.
Not exact matches
In August of
last year, President Bush approved the use of federal funds to support
research on a limited number of existing
human embryonic stem cell lines.
Last summer, a federal court banned taxpayer - funded
research on
human embryonic stem cells.
In August of
last year, President George W. Bush announced that scientists who received public
research money could use only the
human embryonic stem -
cell lines that already exist — a decision that dismayed many researchers.
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.
Due to a court ruling
last week,
research with
human embryonic stem cells in the U.S. can no longer receive federal funding.
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.
Their promise was so great that when President Obama announced
last March that he was lifting the ban on the use of federal money for
research on
human embryonic stem cells, critics on the right were apoplectic: iPS
cells, they said, made such a move scientifically unjustified.