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Local View: Stem cell research ban would hurt university
The future of the University of Nebraska as a dynamic biomedical research university is at stake with the Board of Regents' consideration of university research policy on November 20.
4 NU regents author resolution to limit stem cell research
Four pro-life University of Nebraska regents have co-authored a resolution that would limit embryonic stem cell research at the NU medical center to only stem cell lines approved under former [...]
Midlands Voices: Vital embryonic research upholds university mission
An objective review of the evidence for the scientific importance and ethical and moral grounding of human embryonic stem-cell research (hESCR) shows that it is in the best interest of [...]
NU holds line on embryonic stem cell research
The University of Nebraska should not put in place tighter restrictions on embryonic stem cell research than are called for under state and federal law, the school's president told the Board [...]
Milliken: NU regents’ stem cell policy should remain
University of Nebraska Medical Center scientists should be allowed to pursue expanded embryonic stem cell research as state and federal law permit, NU President J.B. Milliken said Friday.
NU regents to discuss stem cells
University of Nebraska Board of Regents will discuss embryonic stem cell research Friday after all.
Regents to welcome public comments on stem cells
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will set aside time at its Friday meeting for public comments on embryonic stem cell research.
NU regents won’t be pressured to act on stem cells
Members of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents are under increasing pressure to decide whether NU's medical scientists should be able to go along with newly relaxed federal rules [...]
UNMC applauds embryonic stem cell decision
President Obama Monday overturned the controversial ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research enacted by President Bush eight years ago. The decision is welcome news for medical researchers.
UNMC leaders cheer stem-cell decision
A top administrator at the University of Nebraska Medical Center said President Barack Obama’s decision to lift restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research made Monday “a big day for science.”