U.S. Panel Tentatively Approves Use of Federal Funds for Studies on Stem Cells

The National Bioethics Advisory Commission tentatively approved a draft recommendation last week that Congress allow federal money to be spent on some types of research involving stem cells derived from human embryos.

The commission is not expected to issue the proposal formally until late this month, when it plans to meet in Cambridge, Mass., to refine a draft report about stem-cell research, said Harold T.

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