Research Compliance

• Human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESC)
• Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSC)
• Adult Stem Cells
• Fetal Tissue Stem Cells

• National Research Council's Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
• NIH Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research

Yes

The following are restrictions based upon federal and University guidelines.

• Researchers may only conduct hESC research using those hESC lines that appear on the NIH Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry.
• Researchers are not permitted to be involved directly in the development of new hESC lines from human embryos or blastocysts using blastocysts created through somatic cell nuclear transfer. Somatic cell nuclear transfer is taking an oocyte (egg cell) and implant a donor nucleus from a body (somatic) cell.
• Researchers are not permitted to be involved in human research involving somatic cell nuclear transfer techniques for the purpose of reproductive cloning.
• Researchers are not permitted to conduct research in which hESCs or hiPSCs are introduced into a non-human primate embryo or blastocysts.
• Researchers are not permitted to breed animals in which hESCs or hiPSCs have been introduced at any stage of development.