Federal Govt Drafts Guidelines Expecting Obama's Embryonic Stem Cell Decision
- Steven Ertelt - LifeNews.com
- Feb 20, 2009
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The federal government is moving ahead with drafting the guidelines that will be put in place once President Barack Obama makes his decision to force taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research. Obama, according to White House advisor David Axlerod, is expected to make the decision "soon."
At the National Institutes of Health, officials are working on the paperwork necessary to begin funneling public funds to projects involving the use of embryonic stem cells.
The Washington Post indicates researchers at places such as the University of California at San Francisco and Harvard are excited about the changes because they no longer have to segregate the non-federal funding embryonic research from its other public-funded projects.
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