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Informed Consent and Federal Funding for Stem Cell Research
- Hastings Center Report
- The Hastings Center
- Volume 38, Number 3, May-June 2008
- pp. 40-47
- 10.1353/hcr.0.0013
- Article
- Additional Information
A review of the consent forms signed by those who donated embryos for the NIH-approved embryonic stem cell lines reveals several problems, providing ethical as well as scientific reasons to overturn the Bush administration’s restrictions on federal funding for stem cell research.