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Scientists are optimistic as Appeals Court lifts injunction against stem-cell research

By Alliance Alert

The Chronicle of Higher Education: "The federal government can continue to finance embryonic-stem-cell research, temporarily, because a federal appeals court on Thursday lifted an injunction that had blocked such work. The move added to optimism about eventual victory for university scientists who use this research in a search for cures for a range of devastating diseases . . . Even before the appeals court reversed the judge's ruling, advocates of embryonic-stem-cell research said they were growing confident of victory . . . In particular, Congress never voiced objections to a Bush policy that allowed research on a limited number of stem-cell lines, said lawyers on both sides of the case. [Mr. Aden], the plaintiffs' lawyer, acknowledged he was unclear on how the judge would rule on that argument. 'That's a good question,' said Mr. Aden, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on September 10, 2010 (boomark / email).