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Need Cheering Up?

by BooMan
Wed Dec 2nd, 2009 at 02:37:45 PM EST

Perhaps you need a bit of good news?

The National Institutes of Health said Wednesday that it had approved 13 new human embryonic stem cell lines for use by federally financed researchers, with another 96 lines under review.
The action followed President Obama’s decision in March to expand the number of such cell lines beyond those available under a policy set by President George W. Bush, which permitted research to begin only with lines already available on Aug. 9, 2001.

A win for science over superstition.

Need Cheering Up? | 9 comments (9 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Need Cheering Up? (4.00 / 2)

Good thing we don't need 60 Democratic votes to get this done.

by Richard Bachman on Wed Dec 2nd, 2009 at 02:44:10 PM EST

Re: Need Cheering Up? (none / 0)

yeh. The 60 vote vthing is working so well for us.

Now we have to put up with weeks of wing nuts on all the show whining about this.

by Jan on Wed Dec 2nd, 2009 at 03:23:13 PM EST
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Re: Need Cheering Up? (none / 0)

I'll give credit where it's due. This was Real Change and for the better.

by The Voice In The Wilderness on Wed Dec 2nd, 2009 at 02:50:27 PM EST

Re: Need Cheering Up? (none / 0)

U.S. stem cell research moves into the 20th century!

by Bob Stanley on Wed Dec 2nd, 2009 at 03:47:06 PM EST

Re: Need Cheering Up? (none / 1)

Yay!
Thanks, I needed that.

by Alice on Wed Dec 2nd, 2009 at 04:09:09 PM EST

Re: Need Cheering Up? (none / 0)

Hmmm. I wonder if this is the good news Kos was so excited about.

What part of "international war crimes" do you not understand?

by budr (budr at hughes net) on Wed Dec 2nd, 2009 at 05:34:14 PM EST

Re: Need Cheering Up? (none / 0)

Yeah, it's good news, especially if it has the potential to trickle down beyond the few people who can afford premium medical care.

As with so many things that could benefit humanity as a whole, far too much of medicine, especially medical research, has been tailored to giving the very wealthy yet more "choices".

by keres on Wed Dec 2nd, 2009 at 06:43:07 PM EST

Re: Need Cheering Up? (none / 0)

Cheering up? No way man. I've got this awesome chicken curry with coconut milk percolating in the slowcooker. I'm good.

That is good news, however, on the stem cell thing.

by sherifffruitfly on Wed Dec 2nd, 2009 at 08:04:29 PM EST

Re: Need Cheering Up? (none / 1)

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