November 9, 2001

Scientists Urge Bush Administration to Move Forward on Stem-Cell Research

By RON SOUTHWICK

Scientists used a Senate hearing last week to ask the Bush administration to step up its efforts to finance research on stem cells taken from human embryos, a promising but controversial field.

Also at the hearing, an official of the National Institutes of Health pledged to publish within a week the full registry of colonies of embryonic stem cells eligible for studies with government funds, a crucial step toward the awarding of grants.

The hearing, led by Sen. Arlen Specter, a

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