National Institutes of Health Guidelines for Research Using Human Stem Cells
A notice of correction of the initially published (August 23, 2000) guidelines for NIH suppport for research using human pluripotent stem cells was published on the Federal Register on November 21, 2000. The corrected Guidelines and Approval process for the documentation of
compliance are now available on NIH Website:
NIH Guidelines for Research Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: http://www.nih.gov/news/stemcell/stemcellguidelines.htm
The first half of the document gives the summary of the
public comments, and the second half gives the actual guidelines explaining the submission process as well as what is and what is not eligible for NIH funding
Approval Process for the Documentation of Compliance with NIH Guidelines
on the Use of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells in NIH Research Proposed for Support
under Grants and Cooperative Agreements: http://www.nih.gov/news/stemcell/NOT-OD-00-050.html
This document describes separately the materials to be
submitted for pluripotent stem cells derived from human embryos or from human
fetal tissues.Ê The submission timetable
and related laws (from the US Code) are also included.