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Editorial

Nature Cell Biology 10, 111 (1 February 2008) | doi:10.1038/ncb0208-111

Registries and banks

Human embryonic stem (ES) cells were first derived in the US state of Wisconsin in 1998. Yet the current US president imposed a moratorium on the use of federal funds for stem cell lines derived after August 2001, limiting publicly funded research to a dozen lines which are generally deemed to be unsuitable for research.