On the same day that Health Journalism 2009 featured a panel on “Second wind for stem cell research,” The National Institutes of Health issued draft guidelines to allow government funding for stem cell research.
Lawrence Goldstein, Ph.D., a stem cell researcher with the University of California San Diego and a member of the board of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, and Chuck Murry, M.D., Ph.D., co-director of the University of Washington’s Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, commented on the executive order, as well as on the chilling effects of President Bush’s order that limited stem cell research.
Read about what the researches said about the order and the future of stem cell research.
