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Cord Blood
Stem Cell Industry Insider Mercedes Walton Discusses President Obama's Stem Cell Executive Order
April 4th, 2009
As the CEO of Cryo-Cell International, the nation's most established private family cord blood bank, Mercedes Walton has been an active participant in the stem cell and cord blood industry since 2000. She has seen first-hand the changes that have taken place over the past decade and is pleased by President Obama's Executive Order, signed March 9, 2009, which reverses a 2001 Executive Order banning federal funds for embryonic stem cell research. "We are excited to hear the news that President Obama reversed existing legislation regarding the use of federal funds for stem cell research. Although there is much work to be done to formulate ethical practices and policies on...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-04-04)
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