To determine how valid the objection against
funding of human embryonic stem cell research is because of its use of human embryos, it's important to understand two key aspects of hESCs» unique biology and derivation.
Robert Klein, chairman of the CIRM bragged that the grants «make us the highest
funder of human embryonic stem cell research in the world.»
Not exact matches
In August
of last year, President Bush approved the use
of federal
funds to support
research on a limited number
of existing
human embryonic stem cell lines.
Less incredible, and perhaps only to be expected, is the news that Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, the dynamic duo who brought The Lord
of the Rings to the silver screen, have donated $ 310,000 from the movie's profits to
fund human embryonic stem -
cell research.
He decreed that the case brought by researchers Drs James Sherley and Theresa Deisher, along with a number
of Christian groups including the Christian Medical Association, should be heard; and ordered an injunction temporarily blocking federal
funding allocated for
human -
embryonic -
stem -
cell research.
In granting an injunction to two scientists who oppose widening US government
funding for
research on
human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), Judge Royce Lamberth wrote
of «simply preserving the status quo».
Congressional supporters
of stem cell research have re-introduced legislation to codify President Barack Obama's 2009 executive order lifting restrictions on the number
of human embryonic stem cell lines available to federally
funded researchers.
Now, many
research advocates are wondering how Price's mix
of views might play out in the new administration's approach to a wide range
of issues, including
funding,
research involving
human embryonic stem cells and fetal tissue, and the appointment
of a new NIH director.
Lamberth interprets that to include
funding of research on
human embryonic stem cells more broadly, even though the Department of Health and Human Services and several presidential Administrations have not ag
human embryonic stem cells more broadly, even though the Department
of Health and
Human Services and several presidential Administrations have not ag
Human Services and several presidential Administrations have not agreed.
The final guidelines on
research with
human embryonic stem cells issued on Monday by the National Institutes
of Health set out criteria for determining which ES
cell lines can be used in federally
funded experiments and give NIH discretion to approve old lines that don't meet stringent modern ethical requirements.
Lamberth granted a preliminary injunction on this
research after hearing a petition from a group
of advocates who argued that, contrary to the U.S. government's view,
research on
embryonic stem cells does in fact destroy embryos — action that is prohibited by legislation known as the «Dickey - Wicker Amendment» to the bill that
funds the Department
of Health and
Human Services.
This barrier has been highly visible in the field
of human embryonic stem cell research, where researchers in the United States must adhere to legislation and
funding limitations that researchers in European countries have not faced.
The National Institutes
of Health (NIH) is scrambling to push out
research grants for work on
human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and has given a cautious all - clear to in - house
stem cell researchers after an appeals court yesterday temporarily lifted a ban on federal
funding for hESC
research.
In the latest twist in an increasingly complex legal struggle, the Department
of Justice (DOJ) has appealed a judge's refusal on Tuesday to remove the ban on
funding for
human embryonic stem cell (hESC)
research.
The National Institutes
of Health (NIH) pleased
stem cell watchers today by announcing the names
of 10 companies and
research groups that have
human embryonic stem cells federally
funded researchers can use.
«We are in an era where the primary issues are not federal
funding for
human embryonic stem cell research,» wrote CAMR President Amy Comstock Rick, who is also CEO
of the Parkinson's Action Network, in an e-mail to the more than 100 patient advocacy, scientific, and other groups that belong to CAMR.
The 2012 platform also repeats previous calls for expanding federal
funding «for the
stem -
cell research that now offers the greatest hope for many afflictions — with adult
stem cells, umbilical cord blood, and
cells reprogrammed into pluripotent
stem cells — without the destruction
of embryonic human life.»
If dealing with the public relations nightmare over its on - off - on
funding of Planned Parenthood wasn't enough, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure cancer charity last week also got entangled, somewhat bizarrely, in the debate over
human embryonic stem (ES)
cell research.
A U.S. appeals court today upheld the legality
of federally
funded research on
human embryonic stem cells (hESCs)-- the latest in a string
of wins for the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) in a 3 - year legal battle with groups that for moral reasons want to block the use
of these
cells.
UC announced yesterday that it is the first
research institution to seek to «intervene,» or become a party in the case, in which the government is appealing a lower court's ruling that National Institutes
of Health (NIH)
funding to study
human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) violates federal law.
Meanwhile, Senators Arlen Specter (R - Pennsylvania) and Tom Harkin (D - Iowa) introduced a bill on 5 April that would authorize NIH to
fund derivation
of and
research on
human embryonic stem cells.
Twenty - seven
human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines are ethically derived and should be approved for use in
research funded by the US linkurl: National Institutes
of Health; http://www.nih.gov/ (NIH), a committee advising the NIH director linkurl: recommended today (December 4).
February 2010 - Italian
stem cell scientists challenge goverment EuroSyStem scientist Elena Cattaneo challenges Italian government - the story continues In the summer
of 2009, three Italian
stem celli scientists unsuccessfully challenged their government in the courts over its decision to exclude
human embryonic stem cell research from a ministerial
funding call for projects on
stem cell biology.
The birthday greeting contained an unintended irony, for while CIRM was approved by California voters a decade ago to give priority
funding to
human embryonic stem cell research, eight
of the 10 approved clinical trials referenced by City
of Hope were for
research projects using adult and other non-
embryonic stem cells.
Specter on Monday introduced a bill that affirmatively states that it is legal for the government to
fund human embryonic stem cell research — a bill highly similar to the one introduced in the House in March by Diana DeGette (Democrat, Colorado), with one important extra: Specter's bill states that the government should
fund the
research «notwithstanding any other provision
of law, including [the Dickey - Wicker amendment].»
In 2014, Minnesota became the most recent
of a handful
of states that provide state
funding for all types
of stem cell research, including
human embryonic stem cell research.
Last week, a ruling by federal Judge Royce C. Lamberth left many
human embryonic stem cell (hESC) researchers not only scrambling for
funding and concerned about the future
of their own
research, but also concerned for the future
of the whole field in this country.
The excitement surrounding cellular reprogramming and the possibility
of federal
funding for
human embryonic stem cell (ESC)
research in the US could be overshadowing another promising therapeutic source
of stem cells: those derived via parthenogenesis, some researchers say.
Pending legislation from the Department
of Health governing assisted
human reproduction and associated
research, Science Foundation Ireland is not in a position to
fund research using
human embryonic stem cells.
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com)-- As the Senate prepares to tackle the thorny issue
of forcing taxpayers to
fund embryonic stem cell research in the coming weeks, two senators are reintroducing a bill that would institute a national ban on all forms
of human cloning.
A new regulatory notice published this week proposes a rules adjustment that would slightly expand the definition
of human embryonic stem cells eligible for use in federally
funded research.
The NIH
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry provides guidelines to established policy and procedures under which NIH will fund research in the area of human stem c
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry provides guidelines to established policy and procedures under which NIH will fund research in the area of human stem ce
Stem Cell Registry provides guidelines to established policy and procedures under which NIH will
fund research in the area
of human stem c
human stem ce
stem cells.