Noted: Separately on Monday, the University of Wisconsin filed with the appeals court its own 50-page amicus brief. Among its arguments: that Congress has clearly signaled its belief that current law allows funding of stem cell research, by doling out some $550 million for the research since 2002. In light of this, the university?s lawyers write, ?appellees? core claim that the [law] `unambiguously prohibits? such research borders on the frivolous.?
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