Federal Embryonic Stem Cell Policy Undermining Research, Researchers Testify; Senate Democrats Expected To Pass Own Version Of Bill

... Three leading stem cell researchers, including a NIH official, at a Senate hearing on Friday said that restrictions on federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research are affecting scientists' ability to make advances in the field and that alternatives to embryonic stem cells are not as equally promising, CQ HealthBeat reports (Reichard, CQ HealthBeat, 1/19). [click link for full article] ...