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NIH Interested In Investing Up To $20M To Develop Alternatives To Using Fetal Tissue In Research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is looking for alternatives to fetal tissue in research projects after facing pressure from anti-abortion groups.聽NIH announced Monday a new program聽that would spend up to $20 million over two years to find and develop alternatives to using fetal tissue in research projects.聽(Hellmann, 12/10)
The announcement is largely preliminary. The formal funding opportunity announcements will be published at some date in the future, the agency said, and scientists cannot yet submit proposals to be funded. The total amount of money available has not been determined, according to the announcement, but the agency is 鈥渋nterested鈥 in investing $20 million over the course of two years. (Swetlitz, 12/10)
