yes!

not much more to say except it's ABOUT TIME. i'm glad we're joining the 21st century. we can and will make great strides and progress in curing and preventing many diseases.

U.S. set to fund more stem cell study

New lines approved 'Today's announcement is the first wave'

The Obama administration has begun approving new lines of human embryonic stem cells that are eligible for federally funded experiments, opening the way for millions of taxpayer dollars to be used to conduct research that was put off-limits by President George W. Bush. Launching a dramatic expansion of government support for one of the most promising but most contentious fields of biomedical research, the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday authorized the first 13 lines of cells under the administration's policy and was poised to approve 20 more Friday. ...........

By Rob Stein

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