New administration likely to bring change to stem cell research.

摘要

Barack Obama's historic inauguration was greeted with great anticipation by stem cell researchers. Once he took his place in the Oval Office, they believed, he would produce the key to their scientific shackles.For stem cell researchers, it's been a long eight years. On August 9, 2001, President Bush prohibited federal funding for research on human embryonic stem cell lines (hESCs) created after August 9, 2001. Obama, during his campaign, repeatedly promised to lift the ban, even stating during the Science Debate that he would reverse the policy via Executive Order."As somebody who's a stem cell research advocate and has been in a wheelchair now for 24 years, I am thrilled about the prospect of President Obama lifting the Bush restrictions as he takes office," says Danny Heumann of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. "Whatever federal monies that we can get for this research I think will pay huge dividends in making sure that we get ethical, moral research done in this country, and get cures and treatments from the labs to patients' bedsides."