Science Insider reports that many researchers have expressed satisfaction with the final guidelines on conducting research with human embryonic stem (ES) cells issued today by the National Institutes of Health:
The new rules, which set out criteria for determining which ES cell lines can be used in federally-funded experiments, give NIH discretion to approve old lines that don’t meet stringent modern ethical requirements. And they call for NIH to set up a registry of eligible lines. The rules add up to “a major step in the right direction for stem cell research,” says Harvard University stem cell researcher George Daley.
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