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**irrelaAnnekly** · 09-10-2010, 06:07 PM

The courts are going back and forth ...

Federal Stem Cell Funding is Temporarily Back on Track

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
by Ashby Jones
SEPTEMBER 10, 2010, 9:37 AM ET

The federal government, at least for now, has been given the go ahead to fund research involving human embryonic stem cells.

Washington, D.C. federal judge Royce Lamberth (pictured) last month issued an injunction against such funding on the grounds that it violates a 1996 law that prohibits federal money for research in which an embryo is destroyed.

The National Institutes of Health had suspended funding for some research projects in the wake of Lamberth’s ruling. The judge earlier this week had rejected the Justice Department’s request to lift his injunction pending an appeal of his ruling.

But yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit agreed to lift Lamberth’s injunction.

The appellate court, however, also indicated that it was not making a final decision in the case. The government is unlikely to resume funding of stem cell research until the appellate court issues its final ruling.

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irrelaAnnekly Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 445 Senior Member	The courts are going back and forth ... Federal Stem Cell Funding is Temporarily Back on Track THE WALL STREET JOURNAL by Ashby Jones SEPTEMBER 10, 2010, 9:37 AM ET The federal government, at least for now, has been given the go ahead to fund research involving human embryonic stem cells. Washington, D.C. federal judge Royce Lamberth (pictured) last month issued an injunction against such funding on the grounds that it violates a 1996 law that prohibits federal money for research in which an embryo is destroyed. The National Institutes of Health had suspended funding for some research projects in the wake of Lamberth’s ruling. The judge earlier this week had rejected the Justice Department’s request to lift his injunction pending an appeal of his ruling. But yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit agreed to lift Lamberth’s injunction. The appellate court, however, also indicated that it was not making a final decision in the case. The government is unlikely to resume funding of stem cell research until the appellate court issues its final ruling. FULL ARTICLE Copyright © 2010 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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