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September 29, 2010

Judge Restores Stem Cell Funding Pending Appeal
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A federal appeals court has issued a temporary order reinstating
government funding for embryonic stem cell research. On Tuesday, the US
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a stay of a
lower court injunction that blocked the Obama administration’s reversal
of Bush-era restrictions on stem cell funding. The lower court had ruled
that the funding violates a 1996 law prohibiting federal money for any
research that destroys or threatens human embryos. The funding will be
restored pending the administration’s appeal.



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