DC District Court Orders a Halt to Federally Funded Embryonic Stem Cell Research By Jessica Palmer – Edited by Ryan Ward Sherley v. Sebelius, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 86441 (D.D.C. August 23, 2010) Memorandum Opinion On August 23, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction blocking the implementation of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s July 2009 guidelines for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research. Judge Royce Lamberth held that “because the Guidelines ... Read More...