Changing the federal policy on stem cells
Today President Obama will lift restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research imposed by the Bush Administration. Dr. George Daley, Associate Director of the Stem Cell Program at Children’s Hospital in Boston, will discuss what the change in policy will mean for the future of this promising area of medicine.
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