Restrictions on fetal tissue research

Access through your institution Buy or subscribe The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that the Trump administration is halting fetal tissue research conducted

by government scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Statement from the Department of Health and Human Services, 5 Jun 2019). Although university-led research projects funded

by the US government that involve fetal tissues will not be affected and the research can continue until the funding expires, new restrictions have been put in place for new grant

applications or renewal applications for academic researchers that seek funding from the NIH for projects that involve the use of fetal tissues from elective abortions, and an ethics

advisory board will review the proposals and recommend whether to fund any future projects ( _Nature_ , 5 Jun 2019; _Science_ , 5 Jun 2019). In 2018, the HHS initiated a review “of all HHS

research involving human fetal tissue from elective abortions to ensure consistency with statutes and regulations governing such research, and to ensure the adequacy of procedures and

oversight of this research in light of the serious regulatory, moral, and ethical considerations involved.” The government now announced that it will end funding of medical research by

government scientists using fetal tissue and will not extend its contract with a research laboratory at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) ( _The New York Times_ , 5 Jun

2019). In a response to the administration’s actions on fetal tissue research, UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood says that UCSF strongly opposes the decision and that the “action ends a 30-year

partnership with the NIH to use specially designed models that could be developed only through the use of fetal tissue to find a cure for HIV” (UCSF, 5 Jun 2019). This is a preview of

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