Stem-cell funding in sight

摘要

Two of the most widely used embryonic stem (ES) cell lines could be just weeks away from being eligible for US federal funding. The lines, which were approved under the administration of former president George W. Bush, have spent months in limbo pending the go-ahead from the current administration of President Barack Obama. Researchers' frustrations are boiling over at the amount of time lost because of the delays. "The stem-cell community has really been jerked around," says Julie Baker, an associate professor of genetics at Stanford University, California.