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Video: Janet Rowley Receives Presidential Award
University of Chicago molecular geneticist Janet Rowley received her Presidential Medal of Freedom Wednesday along with 15 other honorees, including Stephen Hawking and Sen. Edward Kennedy. Here’s video of the ceremony, courtesy of C-SPAN…President Obama’s warm introduction is at 15:50, and he presents Dr. Rowley with the medal at 35:00: http://www.c-spanarchives.org/flash/cspanPlayer.swf?pid=288337-2&autoplay=0 Here is President Obama’s […]
Dr. Janet Rowley Wins Presidential Medal of Freedom
You could say that Janet Rowley is having a pretty good year. In March, the University of Chicago molecular geneticist stood at President Barack Obama’s right arm as he signed an executive order clearing the way for federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research. Earlier this month, she was declared the winner of the 2009 Peter […]
Obama’s surprisingly centrist rules on stem cells
By Jeremy Manier Last Friday the Obama administration published its new guidelines for federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research, ending the Bush-era restrictions on that work. Except they didn’t end all of the restrictions. The new rules do not allow for work on cells made via research cloning (somatic cell nuclear transfer), and they require […]
A Witness to Science History
Janet Rowley, M.D. By Jeremy Manier This was a long but exhilarating day for Janet Rowley, who was at President Obama’s side as he signed the executive order creating a new stem-cell policy. I caught up with her by phone in D.C. this afternoon as she waited for her plane back to Chicago. Rowley said […]
