New threat to EU stem cell research

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Series Details 15.6.12
Publication Date 15/06/2012
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A new political battle looms over EU funding of stem cell research in the summer of 2012. A group of scientific and patients’ organisations said on the 14 June 2012 it feared that the European Parliament would try to cut all funding for projects involving embryonic stem cells from 2014, when the EU’s new €80bn research programme called Horizon 2020 starts.

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ESO: Background information: Top EU court bans stem cell patents http://www.europeansources.info/record/top-eu-court-bans-stem-cell-patents/
Website: EuroStemCell http://www.eurostemcell.org/

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