US faces science brain drain after Europe backs stem cell funding

· Disillusioned researchers could move to UK
· Debate divides members but ends in compromise

Nicholas Watt in Brussels
Tuesday July 25, 2006
The Guardian

The United States is risking a "brain drain", in which its scientists will flock across the Atlantic, after the EU reached a "historic" deal yesterday on human embryonic stem cells.

A week after George Bush limited federal funds for the highly sensitive area, the EU warned Washington that "disillusioned" US scientists will want to make the most of Europe's more liberal rules.