60 Minutes (1/8/2012)

Sonnet Ireland
Head of Federal Documents
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Urban and Transportation Studies, Engineering

President Obama Lifts Stem Cell Research Ban

Yesterday, March 9th, President Obama signed an executive order (PDF from NY Times), lifting the strict limitations placed on human embryonic stem cell research by the Bush administration. Find the memorandum here. You can also check out the White House blog entry on this event here.


Sonnet Erin Brown
Federal Documents Librarian
Subject Specialist: Political Science/Paralegal Studies