Stem cells are go
US biologists can now ask for federal dollars to do stem cell research that George W. Bush refused to fund. In March, President Barack Obama lifted Bush’s ban on using federal funds for research on human embryonic stem cells derived after August 2001. As of 21 September, researchers may tender requests to the US National Institutes of Health.
Cheetahs are go, too
Plans are afoot in India to bring back the Asiatic cheetah, half a century after it went extinct on the sub-continent. The subspecies is thought to survive only in Iran. Previous efforts to reintroduce…
