The Burrill Report March 13, 2009: Obama Overturns Bush Restrictions On Stem Cells (.MP3,13.01 Mb)

President Barack Obama’s executive order removing barriers to scientific research involving human embryonic stem cells overturned Bush era restriction that significantly limited federal funding of this work. At the same time, Obama issued a memorandum on scientific integrity – part of an effort, he said, to “restore scientific integrity in government decision making.” We spoke to Stacie Propst, vice president of scientific policy and outreach for the advocacy group Research!America about the Obama executive order, the changes he is bringing to the nation’s science policy, and whether there’s any hope for science to become delinked from politics in the future.