tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post7469549375459041988..comments2024-02-21T19:56:57.057-08:00Comments on California Stem Cell Report: $5.5 Billion California Stem Cell Initiative Moving Quickly to Qualify for November BallotDavid Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077329461962729362noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post-30875967802064312642020-02-07T09:28:17.143-08:002020-02-07T09:28:17.143-08:00Re this comment on federal funding and hESC resear...Re this comment on federal funding and hESC research, I think it is a reasonable possibility at some point that Trump will tighten restrictions beyond the language in question as he perceives the need to shore up his base with fundamentalists.<br /><br />However, the California Stem Cell Report queried Hank Greeley, director of the Stanford Center for Law and the Biosciences, about the NIH language. He said, "This just looks like Dicker/Wicker, as it has been worded, more or less, since 1995. The Clinton/Bush/Obama interpretation - fed funds can’t derive hESC lines but can be used for research on lines so derived - seems to me still in effect. (Fetal tissue, on the other hand, is a different matter with the Trump Admin.)"<br /><br />Thanks to both Greeley and the author of the comment. <br /><br />David Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077329461962729362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post-20237372443898395022020-02-05T11:14:54.534-08:002020-02-05T11:14:54.534-08:00It would seem that the current administration (and...It would seem that the current administration (and potentially for the next 5 years) has reverted to the “Bush Policies” which were the impetus for CIRM in the first place -- NIH funding for creation of embryonic stem cells is not allowed. I haven’t seen this get much publicity, but it would seem to strengthen the case for renewed CIRM funding.<br /><br />https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-20-066.html<br /><br />The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94), signed into law on December 20, 2019, provides funding to NIH for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020. The intent of this notice is to provide current requirements outlined in the following statutory provisions that limits or conditions the use of funds on NIH grant, cooperative agreement, and contract awards for FY 2020. <br /><br />(7) Ban on Funding of Human Embryo Research (Section 508)<br /><br />(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 46.204(b) and section 498<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com