Judge dismisses stem cell suit

Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a suit claiming that NIH violated a law prohibiting federal funds for research in which a human embryo is destroyed. Lamberth's ruling in Sherley v. Sebelius follows an April decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which overturned a prior decision from Lamberth prohibiting federal funding for human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) research. ...