The Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), through the Director of NIH, may support and conduct responsible, scientifically worthy human stem cell research, including human embryonic stem cell research, to the extent permitted by law.

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Crichton is one of those increasingly rare individuals who is willing to go against raging conventional wisdom, including the hype surrounding stem cell research, which he persuasively confronts in this book, and that surrounding global warming, which he dealt with brilliantly in State of Fear.

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Within 120 days from the date of this order, the Secretary, through the Director of NIH, shall review existing NIH guidance and other widely recognized guidelines on human stem cell research, including provisions establishing appropriate safeguards, and issue new NIH guidance on such research that is consistent with this order.

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