For weeks, the Nebraska board of regents has been the focus of a fierce campaign by opponents of embryonic stem cell research, most recently by a flood of e-mail and telephone calls, a petition drive and radio advertisements.
The effort, which is being met with an equally heated push by supporters, is a new front in the battle over the politically contentious research: it is being fought before a public university’s governing board, not in a state legislature or in a ballot measure, where opponents have taken their fights before. “This could be another possible tool,” said David Prentice, senior fellow for life sciences at the Family Research Council.
via www.nytimes.com
Those of us hoping for life saving and life altering cures that might be possible with stem cells should be paying attention to what is going on in Nebraska this week.
The linked New York Times article describes a fierce battle going on in the Nebraska board of Regents over whether the University of Nebraska will be able to take advantage of President Obama's lifting of previous limits on embryonic stem cell research.
