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Hooray!!!!! Rayilyn Brown Director AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation [log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------- From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 9:16 PM To: <[log in to unmask]> 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 > [log in to unmask] > > -------------------------------------------------- > 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 >> [log in to unmask] >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> 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. 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