President Barack H. Obama issued Executive Order (EO)13505 Removing Barriers to Responsible Scientific Research Involving Human Stem Cells on March 9, 2009. The EO states that the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of NIH, may support and conduct responsible, scientifically worthy human stem cell research, including human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research, to the extent permitted by law. The EO also directs the Secretary, through the Director of NIH, to review existing NIH guidance and other widely recognized guidelines on human stem cell research, including provisions establishing appropriate safeguards, and issue new NIH Guidelines on such research.
The NIH Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research (Guidelines) implementing the EO and establishing policy and procedures under which the NIH will fund such research became effective on July 7, 2009, and are available at http://stemcells.nih.gov/index.asp.
The Guidelines provide scientists who apply for NIH funding with a specific set of standards reflecting currently recognized ethical principles and practices specific to embryo donation, and prescribe the assurances and supporting documentation necessary for NIH funding of research using hESCs, and describe research that is not eligible for NIH funding. The Guidelines establish a new NIH Registry of eligible hESC lines that comply with the set of standards described in the Guidelines. NIH will also post lines that are not approved for use in NIH funding.
There are no substantive changes to the data collection. This is a reinstatement of a previously approved submission. The minor adjustments to Form 2890 and related instructions are: (1) requests may be submitted by either the Signing Official for the organization, or another appropriate individual within the organization who has an eRA Commons UserID and Password, provided that the Signing Official approved the submission and provides the necessary certification and assurance via a signed letter on institutional letterhead, and, (2) NIH now encourages users to select NIH Administrative Review if they believe that the cell line meets the Section II(A) requirements of the Guidelines, and if NIH determines that the line is not approvable under Section II(A) then NIH will refer the submission for review by the Advisory Committee to the Director under Section II(B) of the Guidelines.
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