Article: NIH OPENS WEBSITE FOR HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL LINES FOR APPROVAL AND ANNOUNCES MEMBERS OF WORKING GROUP

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following press release:

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., announces that NIH is now accepting requests for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines to be approved for use in NIH-funded research. The NIH Director is also pleased to announce the members of a new working group of the Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD): the Working Group for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Eligibility Review.

NIH will today begin accepting requests for hESCs to be approved for use in NIH-funded research. Information may be submitted through NIH Form ...

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