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He supports federal funding for embryonic stem cell research on the already existing lines of approximately $100 million, $250 million for research on adult and animal stem cells, and creates the President's Council on Bioethics led by Dr. Leon Kass of the University of Chicago to "monitor stem cell research, to recommend appropriate guidelines ...
[3] [6] In 2001, The President's Council on Bioethics was founded to consider bioethics issues, such as stem cell research. [13] Committee review of research has since then become a standard part of American attitude to ethical issues in science. [19]
In response to allegations of irregularities in Obokata's research publications involving STAP cells, Riken launched an investigation that discovered examples of scientific misconduct on the part of Obokata. Attempts to replicate Obokata's STAP cell results failed. The ensuing STAP cell scandal gained worldwide attention.
review compliance of all in-house human embryonic stem cell research with all relevant regulations and these guidelines; maintain registries of human embryonic stem cell research conducted at the institution and hES cell lines derived or imported by institutional investigators; facilitate education of investigators involved in human embryonic ...
In 1998, Thomson's Lab was the first to report the successful isolation of human embryonic stem cells. On November 6, 1998, Science published this research in an article titled "Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Derived from Human Blastocysts", results which Science later featured in its “Scientific Breakthrough of the Year” article, 1999. [3]
Critics have questioned the motives and goals of the PCBE. Elizabeth Blackburn, who was dismissed from the Commission, co-authored an article, citing examples published by other members, suggesting that it was set up to justify President Bush's positions on stem cell research and abortion, writing "...our concern is that some of their contents... may have ended up distorting the potential of ...
The FDA gave stem cell clinics three years to comply with its rules. The number of illegal clinics exploded. Column: After the FDA delayed enforcement against stem cell clinics, unlicensed ...
The Southern Baptist Convention opposes human embryonic stem cell research on the grounds that the "Bible teaches that human beings are made in the image and likeness of God (Gen. 1:27; 9:6) and protectable human life begins at fertilization." [71] However, it supports adult stem cell research as it does "not require the destruction of embryos ...