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Stem-cell research setback

I doubt that Conservatives would apply that label to this judge, even if it fits the label.
 
I think the problem in this case is the activist Congress. They could repeal the restriction, but they won't.

Still, there are state governments, private efforts, and lots of less blinkered countries. If there are breakthroughs waiting down this road (and that's the big question, in my mind), they'll be found.
 
bokonon said:
I think the problem in this case is the activist Congress. They could repeal the restriction, but they won't.
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I think they ought to give it a try, given this development. They probably didn't want to if Obama could just do it by Executive order, but since that path has been closed for now, there is a greater need. The democrats control congress now. What else are they going to do in their remaining few months before the election?
 
Most stuff will be worked out in mouse first or with reprogrammed cells... so it's not the end of the world.
 
I had never heard of the law in question (like most people, I would imagine), but the ruling seems logical and straightforward. Not much leeway for a different outcome given how it is written.

What I find annoying is that the ruling is the result of a suit brought by rival researchers who use adult stem cells in their research, who wished to protect their turf. Now, vicious competition and all that, but isn't this taking it too far?
 
ArmillarySphere said:
What I find annoying is that the ruling is the result of a suit brought by rival researchers who use adult stem cells in their research, who wished to protect their turf. Now, vicious competition and all that, but isn't this taking it too far?
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Orders of magnitude less annoying than the Dickey-Wicker Amendment.
 
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