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FY12 Spending Debate Comes to a Close

Congress completed, and the President signed into law, the FY12 appropriations bill. The $915 billion spending bill wraps up the remaining nine appropriations measures. The bill provides funding for programs at the Department of Health and Human Services, including the National
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Rep. Rush Holt’s (D-NJ) Editorial in Most Recent Science

Science 16 September 2011:
Vol. 333 no. 6049 p. 1549
DOI: 10.1126/science.1211494
EDITORIAL:

Dueling Visions for Science

Rush Holt
Rush Holt is the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District and has a doctoral degree in physics.

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Do We Still Need Research on Embryonic Stem Cells? - 5/7/08

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Dr. George Daley
Children's Hospital Boston

Dr. Daley led a collaborative research team that successfully turned back the clock on human skin cells, causing them to revert to an embryonic stem cell-like state from which they can become any cell in the body. These "induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells" promise exciting applications in regenerative medicine. Dr. Daley reviews what's possible, what's limiting, and what's needed in the future to advance the science of stem cells.