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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Aaron Levine, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, called on Congress to pass laws "to provide a clear legal basis for the federal funding of [Human Embryonic Stem Cell (hEsc)] research," but acknowledged that was probably unlikely to happen. Levine continued, "hESC scientists should prepare to face continued policy fluctuations, legal challenges, and other hurdles to their research in the future." Levine conducted a survey of 370 scientists in November 2010. The results of the survey were published February 3 in the journal Cell Stem Cell. Source: Los Angeles Times - February 4, 2011
