President Obama has applied the chop to former President GWBush's directive, by lifting restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research.
This is expected to provide a major boost to one of the most promising but controversial fields of biomedical research. Since former Pres.Bush imposed the restrictions in 2001, U.S. scientists have mainly relied on private and State funding for much of their stem cell research.
Scientists now claim they will be able to catch up previous research into important causes including diabetes, parkinson's disease, spinal cord injuries and many other conditions.
Amy Comstock Rick, Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research said "this move is eight years overdue to have human embryonic stem cell research put back in place with other forms of research for patients in this country".
Acknowledge Michael Shear, Washington Post. Geoff.
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