Yale Daily News

Updated: Monday, November 23, 2009 1:03 a.m.

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Yale gets stem cell grants

Staff Reporter
Published Wednesday, April 8, 2009

The economy may be down, but for 12 Yale researchers, things are looking up.

A dozen Yale researchers have received $3.9 million in grant funding for research on human embryonic stem cells, The Connecticut Department of Health announced April 1st.

Indeed, after weathering federal cuts to research under former President George W. Bush ’68, stem cell research may be on the rise nationally, though Yale stem cell researchers say they have faring well for some time. On March 9 President Barack Obama retracted the federal stem cell ban enacted. While the repeal will open up a...

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