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Nature 458, 147 (12 March 2009) | doi:10.1038/458147b; Published online 11 March 2009

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Human rights cannot cover cells that were never in the womb

See associated Correspondence: Wendl, Nature 458, 831 (April 2009)

Patricia Pranke1 & João Carlos Silveiro2

  1. Hematology and Stem Cell Laboratory, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and Stem Cell Research Institute, Av Ipiranga, 2752, 304G, 90610-000, Porto Alegre, Brazil
    Email: patriciapranke@ufrgs.br
  2. Stem Cell Research Institute and Silveiro Advogados, Av Dom Pedro II, 1240, 90550-141, Porto Alegre, Brazil

In his contribution to the Commentary 'Your inbox, Mr President', in which leading scientists provided advice to Barack Obama (Nature 457, 261; 2009), George Daley writes of the strong indication that the Obama administration will remove restrictions on federal funding for human embryonic stem-cell research.