What? After President Obama expanded the use of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research? The New York Times has the story:
The university’s board of regents is scheduled to take up the matter on Friday [November 20], and if it approves the restrictions — some opponents of the research say they have the votes, though others remain doubtful — the University of Nebraska will become the first such state institution in the country to impose limits on stem cell research that go beyond what state and federal laws allow, university officials say.
The school proposes to limit research on existing stem cell lines approved by President Bush:
The proposal before the regents would permit university researchers to work with as many as 21 cell lines that Mr. Bush approved in 2001, assuming they are deemed eligible by federal health authorities, but would close the door on research involving hundreds of cell lines created since 2001 from unused embryos at fertility clinics that the Obama administration could make eligible for federal financing.
Kudos to the Huskers, and good luck against Kansas State tomorrow!
