110th Congress

Stem Cell Research Hearing

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senator Edward Kennedy [D-MA], Chairman) and the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Senator Tom Harkin [D-IA], Chairman) held a joint hearing entitled “Can Congress Help Fulfill the Promise of Stem Cell Research.” Dr. Story Landis, Director, NINDS, testified for NIH. Other witnesses included Dr. George Daley, Children’s Hospital, Boston; Dr. John Wagner, University of Minnesota Medical School; and Lauren Stanford, a juvenile diabetes patient.

Testimony: Dr. Story Landis, Director, NINDS