(Update: President Obama signed an executive order lifting the federal restrictions on funding for stem cells)
the Washington post has a good primer on stem cell policy, and New York Times reports that President Obama will avoid issuing an opinion on the controversial question whether taxpayer money should be used direct experiments on embryos. Supporters of the left side and critics on the right weigh. Meanwhile, a blogger Times London published the remarks provided Obama before he delivers them, including a decree ordering the Office of Science of the White House to set new rules to restore "scientific practices through sound administration"
promoting science is not just to provide resources - it is also to protecting free and open inquiry. It is letting scientists like those here today do their jobs, free from manipulation or coercion, and listening to what they tell us, even when it's inconvenient - especially when it's inconvenient. It aims to ensure that scientific data is never distorted or concealed to serve a political agenda -. And that we make scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology
Obama apparently also plans to mention Christopher Reeve in describing the decision on stem cells, which lifts restrictions federal funding of research on stem cells and load the National Institutes of Health to formulate guidelines within 4 months for using newly created lines:
Christopher once told a reporter that interviewing him
Christopher did not have this chance "If you come back in ten years, I foresee that I walk to the door to greet you.". But if we pursue this research, maybe one day - maybe not in our lifetime, or even in the lives of our children -. But maybe one day, others like him might
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