Sudden Death for a Challenge to Federal Funding of Human Embryonic Stem-Cell Research

Sudden Death for a Challenge to Federal Funding of Stem-Cell Research | Health Policy and Reform: The case now returns to Judge Lamberth for decision. Because the appeals court opinion strongly supports current NIH guidelines as consistent with Dickey–Wicker, it will be difficult for Lamberth to do other than rule in favor of the NIH. However he decides, his opinion is likely to be appealed again, but since the case would go back to the Court of Appeals, whose views on its merits are now abundantly clear, it is reasonable to conclude that for all practical purposes the legal challenge to the NIH guidelines is over.

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