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Day 46: New stance on stem cell research

Friday, March 6, 2009

President Obama will announce Monday that he is reversing Bush administration limits on federal financing for embryonic stem cell research as part of a pledge to separate science and politics, White House officials said Friday.
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Day 25: Obama to allow Federal funding of stem cell reseach

Sunday, February 15, 2009

The scientific community is all atwitter this weekend as news spread that Obama is getting ready to lift the prohibition on the Federal government from funding stem cell research.
Expect conservative fundamentalists to roll out the old “snowflake baby” argument by this time next week.
U.S. President Barack Obama will soon issue an executive order lifting an [...]

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