As per the decision of Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth of Federal District Court for the District of Columbia, federal government could now continue to fund embryonic stem cell research.

A federal judge on Wednesday rolled out his judgment, over the protests that the research was carried out on destroyed human embryos. Authorities has given permission to do the research on the embryonic cells, which have been acquired a long time back either through private funding, or from parents, who have donated their embryos, to support infertile women.

The bone of contention was that in the times of former President George W. Bush, in 2001, the research was conducted, but in a limited manner.

Judge Lamberth acted on an appeal where Mr. Obama has asked to ease the fund restrictions on research, but in 2010, Judge Lamberth issued an order, which put a stop on the government funding for the research. But on Wednesday, he agreed with the conclusion of appeals court. He said that it is up to Mr. President, whether or not, to use federal money, for such research.

The plaintiffs, scientists James Sherley and Theresa Deisher blamed that the extension in the funds have diverted the money, away from adult stem-cell research.

NIH Director Francis Collins was happy that the stem cell research would help to save lives, and research would continue to bring more advancement in the field.