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New Jersey Governor Set to Sign Bill to Legalize Stem-Cell Research.

By Michelle Han, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 16--New Jersey is set to become one of only a few states to legalize embryonic stem cell research after the state Assembly passed a controversial bill Monday that allows the practice.

"This is an extraordinarily significant day," said Assemblyman Neil Cohen, D-Union, the bill's sponsor. "Scientists will now come to New Jersey, as Thomas Edison did years ago. Scientists will flood this state to develop and research these issues."

The bill, which has cleared

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