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...caution that such changes happen over time, far too slowly to explain the recent rise in autism. "When you see an increase like this, you have to think it's an environmental issue," says Dr. Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health and chair of the NIH's interagency autism coordinating committee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autism Numbers Are Rising. The Question is Why? | 12/19/2009 | See Source »

...Office of Health Communication and Public Liaison at the NIH declined to comment on the Harvard lines because the 27 upcoming lines have not yet been approved...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NIH Approves Stem Cell Lines | 12/9/2009 | See Source »

...July, President Barack Obama reversed his predecessor’s restriction on the authorization of new stem cell lines, enabling the NIH to approve funding for the Children’s Hospital’s batch...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NIH Approves Stem Cell Lines | 12/9/2009 | See Source »

...thirteen total lines approved by the NIH constitute the first batch of new stem cell sources authorized for funding since 2001, when former President George W. Bush prohibited the approval of new stem cell lines. Twenty-seven more lines developed at Harvard are slated for approval in the next few weeks...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NIH Approves Stem Cell Lines | 12/9/2009 | See Source »

...despite the relatively slow start for American stem-cell research, Rockefeller's Brivanlou is hopeful that the NIH approvals mark the beginning of a new era in our understanding of human development. "I consider it a shame that at the beginning of the 21st century, we know more about how development works in the worm, the fruit fly and the mouse than we know about our own development. And it's not because of scientific limitations or technological limitations," he says. "It would be nice if someday people are allowed to ask basic questions simply about where we come from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Allows New Stem-Cell Lines for Research | 12/2/2009 | See Source »

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