The practical consequences of a national human embryonic stem cell registry.
The executive order and issuance of federal guidelines for human embryonic stem cell research are positive developments and will produce long-term benefits by creating a new registry for hESC lines. But there may be short-term costs caused by regulatory uncertainty, procedural delay, and knock-on effects as national policies are adopted at state and local jurisdictions. Policymakers must ensure that national mechanisms of oversight for a new hESC registry are adequately funded, properly organized, transparent, and free of bureaucratic detail.
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Kenneth
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Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Christopher Thomas
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D001675:Bioethics; D033041:Embryo Research / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D053595:Embryonic Stem Cells; D033161:Government Regulation; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D014481:United States