Background and Legal Issues Related to Stem Cell Research

Shimabukuro, Jon O.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Medicine;    Human embryology;    Research and development;    Science policy;   

RP-ID  :  RS21044
RP-ID  :  RS21044_2004Oct26

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses issues regarding stem cell research. With certain restrictions, the President has announced that federal funds may be used to conduct research on human embryonic stem cells. Federal research is limited to "the more than 60" existing stem cell lines that were derived (1) with the informed consent of the donors; (2) from excess embryos created solely for reproductive purposes; and (3) without any financial inducements to the donors. No federal funds will be used for the derivation or use of stem cell lines derived from newly destroyed embryos; the creation of any human embryos for research purposes; or cloning of human embryos for any purposes.