A U.S. appeals court ruled Friday that the Obama administration can use federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, a decision that overturns a judge's order last year and hands the White House a major victory.
In a 2-1 decision, the court said that opponents of taxpayer-funded stem cell research are not likely to succeed in a lawsuit to stop it.
The ruling reversed an opinion last August by U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, who said the research likely violates the law against federal funding of embryo destruction.
The 1996 law prohibits the use of taxpayer dollars in work that harms an embryo, so private money has been used to cull batches of the cells. Those batches can reproduce in lab dishes indefinitely, and the Obama administration issued rules permitting taxpayer dollars to be used in work on them.
Stem cell research holds the potential to address some of the most difficult areas in the medical field -- from spinal cord injury to diabetes to Parkinson's, which all have resisted traditional treatment.
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WASHINGTON -- A divided federal appeals court has ruled that opponents of taxpayer-funded stem cell research are not likely to succeed in a lawsuit to stop it.
In a 2-1 decision Friday, the panel of the U.S. court of appeals in Washington overturned a judge's order that would have blocked taxpayer funding for stem cell research.
The panel reversed an opinion last August by U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, who said the research likely violates the law against federal funding of embryo destruction.
The 1996 law prohibits the use of taxpayer dollars in work that harms an embryo, so private money has been used to cull batches of the cells. Those batches can reproduce in lab dishes indefinitely, and the Obama administration issued rules permitting taxpayer dollars to be used in work on them.
Read more: Stem Cell Research Ban Overturned By U.S. Appeals Court
As a lifer
So? You wanna rub it in? Talk about how stupid and unscientific I am?
I'm not opposed to medical research. I'm opposed to using tax dollars for research and methods of questionable ethics. Private research can do as it likes, within some reason.
It's my tax dollar, I get a say, you won this battle. Proud o' ya.
So? You wanna rub it in? Talk about how stupid and unscientific I am?
Huh?I think Obama is a disgrace for not overturning this ban as soon as he came into office.
The ban that has been in effect for "about a decade" is still in effect. The appeals court overruled the district judge's interpretation of the law - it did not declare the law unconstitutional or otherwise void.Don't be confused. I didn't win, I lost. We all lost. Since the ban we've lost about a decade of precious research time. If the ban is lifted we can stop losing and start gaining.
From cord cells.
The ban that has been in effect for "about a decade" is still in effect. The appeals court overruled the district judge's interpretation of the law - it did not declare the law unconstitutional or otherwise void.
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