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President Obama's Stem Cell Executive Action


On Monday, March 9, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Stem Cell Research Executive Order lifting former President Bush's ban on developing new lines of embryonic stem cells for research. SCRMC members James Thomson, Clive Svendsen, Tim Kamp, Derek Hei and Alta Charo were invited to attend this historic occasion.

Links to White House Information on President Obama's Stem Cell Executive Action


  • Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery
  • Text of Executive Order: "Removing Barriers to Responsible Scientific Research Involving Human Stem Cells"
  • Fact Sheet on Presidental Memorandum on Scientific Integrity
  • Participants and Attendees at President Barack Obama’s Signing of Stem Cell Executive Order and Scientific Integrity Presidential Memorandum

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    President Barack Obama speaking before signing the Stem Cell Research Executive Order, Monday, March 9, 2009. .(Photo property of SCRMC) President Barack Obama signing the Stem Cell Research Executive Order, Monday, March 9, 2009..(Photo property of SCRMC)
    Shinya Yamanak and James Thomson SCRMC members with Rep. Tammy Baldwin
    Shinya Yamanaka, Professor, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University & J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA and James Thomson, Director of Regenerative Biology, Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI, in the White House..(Photo property of SCRMC) Tim Kamp, Clive Svendsen, James Thomson, Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, Derek Hei, and Alta Charo, in the White House after the signing of the Stem Cell Research Executive Order..(Photo property of Rep. Baldwin Staff. used by permission.)
    Derek Hei, Jamie Thomson, Clive Svendsen, Tim Kamp Clive Svendsen, Tim Kamp
    SCRMC members Derek Hei, James Thomson, Clive Svendsen and Tim Kamp in front of White House.(Photo property of SCRMC) Tim Kamp and Clive Svendsen, co-directors of the SCRMC, in front of the White House..(Photo property of SCRMC)