" The National Institutes of Health said yesterday it will not award new grants or renew existing ones for research on human embryonic stem cells after a federal judge temporarily halted the Obama administration’s expansion of federal funding for this research. "

" A federal judge’s decision to block the Obama administration's stem cell research expansion efforts was met with surprise and disappointment by Harvard scientists, who say that the ruling brings back the harsh restrictions enacted by the Bush administration on human embryonic stem cell research. "

" But many Boston scientists are still unsure how that affects their laboratories. Some know that their funds — and thus, their work — will be frozen. Others can continue their work as usual thanks to generous private funds. "

" Alan Trounson, president of the California stem cell agency known as CIRM, said in an interview Tuesday that his organization plans similar agreements with state-supported stem cell organizations in Massachusetts, Wisconsin and New York, and already has similar partnerships with agencies in six nations. "

" Williams later updated the post to report that tea partiers in multiple states, including Iowa, Colorado, and Massachusetts, were calling in to plan "their own creative ruses" for embarrasing the union demonstrators. "

"Public health regulators today reversed a controversial limit on stem cell research that was imposed during the administration of former Gov. Romney and that led scientists to fear criminal penalties if they conducted certain kinds of lab work."

"If Massachusetts doesn't act "immediately to create nimble funding mechanisms," said one Harvard Medical School professor yesterday, the commonwealth will lose its ability to remain competitive in the realm of stem cell research."

"Local researchers say they’re wasting millions of dollars buying duplicative lab equipment - from expensive microscopes to pens and pencils - in order to comply with President Bush’s funding restrictions on human embryonic stem-cell research."

"A proposal unveiled earlier this week by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) could help fund short-term human embryonic stem cell research that is not receiving federal or private funding, the Boston Globe reports."

"The state's Public Health Council took its first step Wednesday toward lifting certain restrictions on stem cell research imposed during former Gov. Mitt Romney's administration."

"Public hearings to revise state regulations that now govern embryonic stem cell research were approved by members of the state's newly restructured Public Health Council."