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The possible future benefits of fetal tissue research underlay the recommendations of the majority in the Report of the Human Fetal Tissue Transplantation Research Panel (1988).

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Stem Cell Research and Applications: Monitoring the Frontiers of Biomedical Research

Preface

Findings and Recommendations

The Science of Stem Cell Research and Potential Therapies

Current Status of Human Stem Cell Research

Sources and Characteristics of Human Stem Cells

Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Human Embryonic Germ Cells.

Human Adult Stem Cells

The Clinical Potentials for Stem Cell Products

Some Examples of Treatments for Major Diseases

Type 1 Diabetes in Children

Nervous System Diseases

Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases

Diseases of Bone and Cartilage

Cancer

Uses in Research

A New Window on Human Developmental Biology

Models of Human Disease that are Constrained by Current Animal and Cell Culture Models

Transplantation

Gene Therapy

Spiritual and Religious Contexts

Ethical Concerns

The Moral Status of Human Stem Cells

Moral Issues Surrounding the Sources of Stem Cells

Sources of Stem Cells and Guidelines for Use

Justice Considerations

Funding

Oversight and Accountability

Private Sector Oversight

Intellectual Property Considerations

Public Sector Oversight

Conclusion

Appendix I: Working Group Members

Appendix II: Staff

Appendix III: About AAAS and ICS

Source:

Audrey R. Chapman, Ph.D., Mark S. Frankel, Ph.D., and Michele S. Garfinkel, Ph.D. for the American Association for the Advancement of Science and The Institute for Civil Society

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