by Alison McCook
NEWS ANALYSIS	US House votes to expand stem cell work Email: Alison McCook - Alison_mccook@hotmail.com News from The Scientist 2005, 6(1):20050525-02 Published   25 May 2005

Yesterday (May 24) the US House of Representatives approved a stem cell bill that expands federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, allowing researchers to use tax dollars to study stem cells extracted from embryos that were discarded by fertility clinics. This is the first vote on embryonic stem cell research since President George Bush allowed limited federal funds to support research on existing cell lines in 2001.

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