WASHINGTON (January 7, 2013 - Read Full Story) --Bernard Siegel, spokesperson for the Stem Cell Action Coalition and Executive Director of the Genetics Policy Institute (GPI), stated, "The U.S. Supreme Court denied today the plaintiffs' application to appeal the decision of the D.C. Court of Appeals, thereby ending Sherley v Sebelius in favor of the government and upholding federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research.