The Burrill Report


The Burrill Report (May 9, 2011): Stem Cell Injunction Lifted, but Fight Remains (.MP3,11.92 Mb)

A U.S. Court of Appeals recently overturned a lower court’s injunction that barred federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research. That injunction was first put into place in August 2010 after two adult stem cell researchers brought suit saying NIH funding of human embryonic stem cell research violated the Dickey-Wicker amendment, which bars federal funding of research that destroys human embryos. We spoke to Bernie Siegel, executive director of the Genetics Policy Institute, about the significance of the latest ruling, the threat to human embryonic stem cell research that remains in place, and how efforts to halt the research continue in states such as Minnesota and Oklahoma.

May 05, 2011
http://www.burrillreport.com/article-stem_cell_injunction_lifted_but_fight_remains.html