Obama Order Could Curb Private Giving for Stem-Cell Research
March 11, 2009
President Barack Obama’s lifting of restrictions on federal financing of embryonic stem-cell research could be a double-edged sword for scientists active in such work, The New York Times reports.
State government and philanthropies rushed in to fill the gap when President George W. Bush imposed the restrictions in 2001, but the Obama decision, as well as the financial crisis, are raising concerns that fewer dollars will flow from those sources.
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