Jumping the Gun on Alternative Sources of Stem Cells

 The NIH unveiled its new plan last week for funding research on alternative sources of embryonic stem cellsâ€"essentially embryonic stem cells that aren’t derived from embryos. This plan comes under the aegis of the president’s Executive Order 13435, which requires the Department of Health and Human Services to “conduct and support research on the isolation, derivation, production, and testing of stem cells that are capable of producing all or almost all of the cell types of the developing body ... but are derived without creating a human embryo ... or subjecting to harm a human embryo or fetus.”
 
Jumping the Gun on Alternative Sources of Stem Cells
 (americanprogress.org)