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Shalala, Donna E. and United States Department of Health and Human Services
Date:
12 February 1999
Description:
Senators Don Nickles and Sam Brownback (et al) wrote with their concerns about NIH's attempt to circumvent the current federal funding ban on embryo research. They also wondered about the possibility that cultured stem cells might come together to form a viable embryo.