Top Gov't Scientist Asks Stem Cell Judge To Lift Funding Ban

Top Gov't Scientist Asks Stem Cell Judge To Lift Funding Ban : The Two-Way : NPR: It will be a cruel blow to those suffering diseases and conditions that could otherwise be cured if a federal judge doesn't lift his ban on the federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, according to Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes and Health. Collins made the assertion in a filing with U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth who rocked the bioscience and medical worlds with his recent decision.

Editor: This will comfort scientists who questioned Collins' appointment, but disturb the rest of us who agree with the judge.