Sentences with phrase «human stem cell research»

Through May 2013, the CIRM governing board has approved 611 research grants totaling $ 1.822 billion, making CIRM the largest source of funding for human stem cell research in the world.

For example, FASEB took no position this year on federal funding of human stem cell research, while ASCB lobbied intensely in favor of government backing for the controversial studies.

Another problem is that in its July 2009 Guidelines on Human Stem Cell Research, NIH spelled out specific requirements about embryo donation for newly derived lines, says Pilar Ossorio, a legal scholar who studies research ethics at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

Human stem cell research holds promise for combating some of the most recalcitrant of diseases and for regenerating damaged bodies.

The president instructed the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to «develop guidelines for the support and conduct of responsible, scientifically worthy human stem cell research.»

President Clinton's Bioethics Commission actually reached the same conclusion: «we believe that this [distinction] is a misrepresentation of the new field of human stem cell research.»

If the recommendations are implemented, as appears likely, scientists seeking to carry out human stem cell research in Singapore will have to go through a stringent procedure to obtain appropriate licenses for their work.

The debate about ethics in bio and life sciences in Germany was refueled last week: While Germany's central research funding organization, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), decided to revise its position on human stem cell research, the German government is finally reacting to heated public debates about sensitive issues by establishing a National Ethics Commission.

Biomedical and scientific groups have begun an intense lobbying effort to persuade Congress to resist a conservative campaign aimed at blocking federal support for human stem cell research.

Last week, Singapore's Bioethics Advisory Committee (BAC) came out with 11 key recommendations involving the licensing, control, and monitoring of all human stem cell research in the city - state.

In February 2001, BAC formed its Human Stem Cell Research (HSR) subcommittee to deal specifically with issues arising from human stem cell research and to consider related issues of reproductive and therapeutic cloning.

BAC's recommendations with respect to human stem cell research are comprehensive.

There should be a statutory body to license, control, and monitor all human stem cell research conducted in Singapore, together with a comprehensive legislative framework and guidelines.

Also playing a key role was Karun Singh, a co-author in the study and holder of the David Braley Chair in Human Stem Cell Research.

Only a few laboratories in the world are attempting this technique in human stem cell research and, thus far, no human stem cell lines have been derived using this method.

National Bioethics Advisory Commission, «Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research,» Rockville, Md.: National Bioethics Advisory Commission, 1999: iv - v.

It includes 69 definitive chapters on topics ranging from «molecular bases of pluripotency» and «nuclear cloning and epigenetic reprogramming» to «ethics of human stem cell research.»

The Huffington Post «During the past few weeks, significant developments have occurred thatmay strongly affect the progress of human stem cell research.»

In this effort, Dr. Garner developed a relationship with a human stem cell research laboratory in Houston.