Local researchers say they’re wasting millions of dollars buying duplicative lab equipment - from expensive microscopes to pens and pencils - in order to comply with President Bush’s funding restrictions on human embryonic stem-cell research. Researchers are so nervous about getting audited by the feds that they’ve resorted to putting stickers on lab equipment - green for “approved” and red for “not approved” - to indicate whether they can use an item that may have been paid for in the past with National Institute of Health funds. >>> Discuss This Story
