On March 9, 2009 former President Bush's policy on stem cells was repealed by President Obama. He then put in place a policy that benefits scientists that do stem cell research and that he will open up more federal funding to new embryonic stem cell lines. When I first found this out I was ecstatic because it gives scientists more funding and more availability of stem cells. This will progress research much farther than it would have if the funding was still restricted and may lead to a cure of a major disease, plaguing millions.