Hooray!!!!!

Rayilyn Brown
Director AZNPF
Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
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Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 9:16 PM
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Subject: Re: Fw: HR 873  or HR 872 or both???

> hi ray, it looks like Degette introduced 2 different bills. i'm guessing 
> it may have something to do with whether or not  Obama  signed   an 
> executive order lifting Bush's restrictions on funding ESCR.
> Tonight its being reported that the executive order will be issued on 
> Monday :
> Obama Will Loosen Stem Cell Funding
> Order to Repeal Limits On Embryonic Research
>
> By Rob Stein
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Saturday, March 7, 2009; A01
> "President Obama's decision to lift restrictions on federal funding of 
> human embryonic stem cell research, scheduled to be announced Monday, is 
> expected to provide a major boost to one of the most promising but 
> controversial fields of biomedical research in generations.
> The signing of an executive order voiding the restrictions will allow 
> thousands of scientists to study hundreds of lines of cells that have been 
> developed since the limitations were in put in place eight years ago. It 
> will also allow them to dismantle cumbersome bureaucracies constructed to 
> work around the constraints and let them exchange scientific ideas more 
> easily.
> see full text at : 
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/06/AR2009030602285.html?hpid=topnews
> The House bills are at:
> http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-872
> H.R. 872: Stem Cell Research Improvement Act of 2009
> To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem 
> cell research, to direct the National Institutes of Health to issue 
> guidelines for such stem cell research, and for other purposes.
>
> AND
> http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-873
> H.R. 873: Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2009
> To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem 
> cell research
>
> Here's to the future!
> linda
> www.pdpipeline.org
>
> -- rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I hope I can  get this straightened out, but I am getting numerous posts
> from Diane for both HR 272 and 273
>
> Ray
>
> Rayilyn Brown
> Director AZNPF
> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
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> From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 12:09 PM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Fw: HR 873 - Stem Cell Research Improvement Act 2009
>
>> correction, apparently it is HR  873 not 872, most posts say 873
>>
>> Rayilyn Brown
>> Director AZNPF
>> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
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>> From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 5:22 PM
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: HR 873 - Stem Cell Research Improvement Act 2009
>>
>>> H.R.873-The Stem Cell Research Improvement Act of 2009
>>> On February 4, 2009, Representative Diana DeGette introduced H.R. 873,
>>> the Stem Cell Research Improvement Act of 2009. The bill would require
>>> the Secretary to conduct and support research that uses human embryonic
>>> stem cells, regardless of the date on which such cells were derived. The
>>> bill outlines certain ethical criteria, and would require that the
>>> Secretary, in consultation with the Director of NIH, issue guidelines to
>>> carry out the provisions of the legislation within 90 days of enactment.
>>> H.R. 873 also provides that the Secretary may issue guidelines on
>>> research involving other human stem cells, as determined to be
>>> scientifically warranted by the Director of NIH. H.R. 873 was referred 
>>> to
>>> the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
>>>
>>> Rayilyn Brown
>>> Director AZNPF
>>> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
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