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22 Whittier L. Rev. 1183 (2000-2001)
Use of Stem Cells in Biotechnological Research

handle is hein.journals/whitlr22 and id is 1193 raw text is: USE OF STEM CELLS IN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH I. INTRODUCTION The controversy surrounding research involving human embryo stem cells is heating up in America. On August 23, 2000, the National Institutes of Health (NIH),1 following extensive investigation by the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC),2 announced that federal funds would be released for embryo stem cell biotechnological research.3 This news comes in the face of current specific language to the contrary in the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2000, which states: (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for-(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research purposes; or (2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 46.208(a)(2) and section 498(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). (b) For purposes of this section, the term human embryo or embryos includes any organism, not protected as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or human diploid cells. 4 1. Faye Flam & Marie McCullough, Stem Cell Research Wins OK for Federal Funding Embargo On Use of Human Embryos Lifted, Rec. N. N.J. A01 (Aug. 24, 2000) (available in 2000 WL 15828221). 2. As NBAC Mulls Oversight Rules Nobel Laureates, Industry Back Stem-Cell Research Funding, 10 Bioworld Today (Mar. 26, 1999) (available in 1999 WL 7738124) (describing the composition of the Commission as comprised of 67 Nobel Laureates and other scientists in disciplines ranging from economics to biology to physics). 3. Flam & McCullough, supra n. 1. 4. Pub. L. No. 106-113, § 510, 113 Stat. 1501, 1501A-275 (1999). 1183

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