NIH Lifts Stem Cell Funding Ban, Issues Guidelines.(National Institutes of Health)(Brief Article)

Review group to be established, then funding applications to be accepted

Ever since the isolation and culturing of human pluripotent stem cells in 1998, the debate has intensified regarding legal, ethical, and social ramifications associated with research use of these cells that are capable of developing into many different specialized tissues.[1,2] In order for the National Institutes of Health to clarify its position on research with these cells, in January 1999, it placed a moratorium on use of human pluripotent stem cells derived from embryos and fetal tissue in federally funded research. After receipt and review of about 50,000 public comments, NIH lifted this …