In Response to Judge's Ruling, NIH Halts Own Researchers' Embryonic Stem Cell Experiments

The Checkup (Wash. Post blog): NIH shuts down its own stem cell research, by Rob Stein:

The National Institutes of Health Monday ordered all of its researchers conducting research on human embryonic stem cells to immediately halt their experiments.

The move came in response to a temporary injunction issued last week by a federal judge barring the federal government from funding research involving human embryonic stem cells. The judge ruled that the research violated a federal law banning the federal government from funding any research involving the destruction of human embryos. . . .