NIH chief: Stem cell ban hobbles science
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_on_sc/stem_cells"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070316/capt.4da759a3c3fa4bf6922d23dd7665d3f0.stem_cell_grant_cagr106.jpg?x=120&y=130&sig=VWgVJKPVkdTk.W5XhvYl3w--" align="left" height="130" width="120" alt="Speaker of the California Assembly Fabian Nunez, right, along with members of the Independent Oversight Committee and ICOC Chairman Robert N. Klein, left, announce the second round of ICOC grants, totaling as much as $80 million, for embryonic stem cell research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Friday, March 16, 2007, in Los Angeles. This will be the second set of grants focused on human embryonic stem cell research approved under Proposition 71, the innovative Stem Cell Research and Cures Act, adopted by California voters in November 2004. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)" border="0" /></a>AP - Lifting the ban on taxpayer funding of research on new stem cells from fertilized embryos would better serve both science and the nation, the chief of the National Institutes of Health told lawmakers Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>

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