Halt to Stem Cell Funds May Block Search for Cures
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Federal funding for embryonic stem cell studies in the U.S. is again under attack after a judge blocked President Barack Obama’s expanded rules for scientists, potentially disrupting the field and discouraging new research.
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington yesterday temporarily halted federal funding of studies using the cells, which can grow into any kind of tissue and are thought to have the potential to accelerate research into disease cures. Lamberth ruled the work violates a law passed by Congress to bar federal funding of the destruction of human embryos.