Barb- I don't believe it has been interpreted that way. The breakthrough in stem-cell research came with the funding of the biotech industry. I understand that NIH was attempting to get the rule reinterpeted but I believe the ban still holds. I would love to be proven wrong. Charlie Barbara Smith wrote: > The issue is not whether they can be used; they are being used. The issue is > whether the ban on using federal funds for embryo research applies here. > Barbara Smith -- ****************************************************************************************** Charles T. Meyer, M.D. Middleton (Madison), Wisconsin [log in to unmask] ******************************************************************************************