In shift, Frist to back more stem cell funding

WASHINGTON -- Senate majority leader Bill Frist today will declare his support for expanding funding of embryonic stem cell research, in a break with President Bush and other conservative Republicans that could change the political dynamics around the controversial and promising form of research. (Full article: 401 words)

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