Nice to see that science is once again welcome in the White House.
NY Times reports on President Obama lifting the onerous ban on stem cell research that Bush had imposed. Pledging that his administration will “make scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology,
One more reason why elections matter.
Update: And Nancy Reagan expresses her support for Obama's action:
I’m very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research,” she wrote in a statement released shortly after Obama reversed the Bush administration limits. “These new rules will now make it possible for scientists to move forward. I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers."
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