Informed consent and federal funding for stem cell research.
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.
Streiffer
Robert
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University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
D000818:Animals; D032962:Consent Forms / Q000941:ethics; D033041:Embryo Research / Q000191:economics* / Q000941:ethics*; D035082:Federal Government; D005380:Financing, Government; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics; D009307:National Academy of Sciences, U.S.; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics; D013234:Stem Cells; D014481:United States