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Obama overturns stem-cell ban

President's executive order will allow US human embryonic stem-cell research to thrive at last.

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For more images of a US lab working with human embryonic stem cells the day the ban was lifted, see our slideshowA video interview with members of the lab is available hereSee Editorial, page 125

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Hayden, E. Obama overturns stem-cell ban. Nature (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/458130a

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