The National Institutes of Health is scrambling to get money out the door after the temporary reversal of a court injunction that abruptly shut down US government funding for human embryonic stem-cell research just 17 days earlier. Meanwhile, affected scientists are trying to keep up with the latest developments in an intensifying legal battle that will determine the future viability of their field.rnThe 9 September ruling by the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit quashed a 23 August decision by federal district court Judge Royce Lamberth to shut down National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for the research while he considers a lawsuit challenging that funding.
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机译:在法院禁令暂时撤销后,美国国立卫生研究院(National Institutes of Health)争先恐后地筹集资金,该禁令在17天前突然关闭了美国政府对人类胚胎干细胞研究的资助。同时,受影响的科学家们正在努力跟上最新的发展势头,这将决定其领域的未来生存能力。-9月9日,哥伦比亚特区巡回上诉法院的裁决推翻了联邦政府8月23日的裁决。地方法院法官罗伊斯·兰伯斯(Royce Lamberth)关闭了美国国立卫生研究院(NIH)的研究经费,但他认为诉讼对这项经费提出了挑战。
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