The Obama administration on Tuesday appealed last week's ruling by the US District Court for the District of Columbia that granted a preliminary injunction blocking...
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DOJ to appeal decision blocking funding for stem cell research
The US Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it will appeal a preliminary injunction issued earlier this week blocking federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. The DOJ will seek to...
Federal judge blocks federal funding for embryonic stem cell research
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued a preliminary injunction Monday blocking federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Last year, President Barack Obama signed an...
Federal appeals court reinstates stem cell research funding challenge
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday reinstated a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's decision to ease restrictions on stem cell research . The lawsuit...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a bill Monday re-implementing a ban on human cloning in Russia, according to the Kremlin Press Service. The bill, which replaces a previous ban on human cloning that expired...
National Institute of Health's stem cell research guidelines promote sound science
Geoffrey Lomax : "CIRM welcomes Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth's dismissal of Sherely v. Sebelius. The National Institute of Health (NIH) Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research represent sound public policy...
Federal judge dismisses stem cell research funding challenge
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's decision to ease restrictions on stem cell research . Nightlight...
Sherely, et al. v. Sebelius, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, October 27, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest...
South Korea scientist found guilty of embezzlement and bioethics violations
The Seoul Central District court on Monday found Dr. Hwang Woo-Suk guilty of embezzling research funds and bioethics violations. Hwang was acquitted on fraud charges and given a two-year suspended sentence instead of the four-year sentence requested...
Obama administration announces restrictions on stem cell funding
The National Institute of Health (NIH) issued proposed guidelines for funding human embryonic stem cell research Friday, which limits funding to embryos that were created to be used in fertility clinics...