In 2001 Bush said,
“I have concluded that we should allow federal funds to be used for research on these existing stem cell lines, where the life-and-death decision has already been made,”
In 2009 Obama said,
“With the executive order I am about to sign, we will bring the change that so many scientists and researchers, doctors and innovators, patients and loved ones have hoped for and fought for these past eight years. We will lift the ban on federal funding for promising embryonic stem cell research.”
Therapy status?
“I think that’s still a ways off,” said Len Zon from Children’s.
Glad we didn’t wait!
Link to article via NPR with audio.
Nice image:
Image Courtesy The Johns Hopkins University Genetics and Public Policy Center