Posts Tagged as ‘science policy’

January 20, 2009

Stem Cell Policy – Economic boom for some states

California’s Imperial Valley sees the potential new rule from the Obama administration as an economic plus to support California’s $3 billion, voter approved, investment in stem cell research.
However, any new rule would not result in creation of additional stem lines for research.  That activity is banned by law :
The Dickey-Wicker amendment, first passed in 1995, [...]