NINDS Director voices opinion of stem cell research policy
When questioned following her prepared testimony before the Senate, Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Story Landis expressed her opinion regarding the current federal policy on embryonic stem cell research. Dr. Landis said, “we are missing out on possible breakthroughs,” and added that “science works best when scientists can pursue all avenues of research.”
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Dr. Story Landis received her Ph.D. from Harvard University and served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Dr. Landis joined the NINDS in 1995 and became the Director in September of 2003. NINDS established the SMA Project with the goal to “to enable the development of therapeutic candidates for the treatment of SMA.”
