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August 25, 2010

Admin to Appeal Blocking of Stem Cell Funding
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The Obama administration says it will appeal a federal judge’s blocking
of President Obama’s executive order restoring funding for embryonic
stem cell research. On Monday, US District Judge Royce Lamberth ruled
the funding violates a 1996 law prohibiting federal money for any
research that destroys or threatens human embryos. Obama’s order had
overturned a move by his predecessor George W. Bush to further restrict
stem cell funding. The National Institutes of Health says dozens of
experiments in diseases will likely be canceled as long as the ruling is
in place.



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