Phil,
Thanks for posting your excellent letter and the info. on the Scientist
article. One of the other articles about stem cells, in the same issue:
 On the Brink
 A pending government decision keeps stem cell investigators in limbo
 By Ted Agres

States:
"There are a lot of new studies about sources from adult stem cells, from
human fat cells, and placenta," says Tommy Thompson, secretary of Health
and Human Services   (HHS), "It's not just embryonic cells" that may
provide stem cell lines for research. ***A  decision, he says, could be
reached as soon as next week. "
SEE:
http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2001/may/agres_p1_010528.html

Has anyone know anything more about this?
Linda

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