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GAO-01-65R 1 (2000-10-04)

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United States General Accounting Office
Washington, DC 20548


         October 4, 2000

         The Honorable Arlen Specter
         Chairman
         The Honorable Tom Harkin
         Ranking Minority Member
         Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human
            Services, and Education
         Committee on Appropriations
         United States Senate

         The Honorable Bob Smith
         United States Senate

         Subject: Human Fetal Tissue: Acquisition for Federally Funded Biomedical Research

         Human fetal tissue is used in basic and preclinical biomedical research to advance
         knowledge of basic biological processes and improve research involving potential
         therapeutic approaches. It is also used in therapeutic transplantation or clinical
         research that involves the transplantation of human fetal tissue into patients for the
         cure or amelioration of diseases and disorders. The study, analysis, or use of human
         fetal tissue in biomedical research is considered by many medical researchers to
         offer promise for treatment of disorders and diseases such as Parkinson's disease,
         Alzheimer's disease, and diabetes.

         You requested that we study the involvement of federal agencies under the
         jurisdiction of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor,
         Health and Human Services, and Education in the acquisition of human fetal tissue
         for biomedical research. You specifically asked us to provide information on (1)
         which federal agencies under the Subcommittee's jurisdiction sponsor biomedical
         research using human fetal tissue, (2) the number of human fetal tissue samples
         acquired annually, (3) the number of central human fetal tissue supply organizations
         receiving federal funds, (4) the costs associated with acquiring human fetal tissue, (5)
         how researchers select and monitor human fetal tissue suppliers, (6) the extent to
         which federal human fetal tissue acquisition policies adhere to federal law, and (7)
         how federal agencies ensure that federally funded researchers comply with human
         fetal tissue law.

         To address these questions, we interviewed officials from the Department of Health
         and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), organizations
         that supply human fetal tissue for research, and selected institutional review boards
         that are responsible for the oversight of specific federally funded biomedical research


GAO-01-65R Fetal Tissue Research

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