Update 24 June 2010: On 21 June, National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins .
NUMEROUS lines of human embryonic stem cells carrying mutations responsible for conditions such as cystic fibrosis and Huntington’s disease are set to be denied US government funding, because of a problem in donor consent forms.
“Stem cell lines carrying mutations for cystic fibrosis could be denied US government funding”
The 42 lines were created by a team led by of the (RGI) in Chicago. Verlinsky, who…
