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ISSCR Comments on Need to Improve ClinicalTrials.gov Database to Prevent Abuse
The ISSCR urges NIH to improve the ClinicalTrials.gov to prevent the database from being abused by clinics marketing unproven stem cell interventions. The comments are in response to a request for information from the National Library of Medicine (ClinicalTrials.gov Modernization, Notice Number: NOT-LM-20-003).
ISSCR Urges UK Agency to Increase Enforcement for the Marketing of Unproven Products
The ISSCR writes to urge the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to increase enforcement activities to prevent the marketing and commercialization of stem cell-related products that are unproven and do not conform to United Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU) Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product (ATMP) regulations.
Member Spotlight: Kirstin Matthews, PhD
“Science policy is a collaborative endeavor. You need a strong understanding of the current research to make thoughtful and actionable recommendations for policy”.
Member Spotlight: Rana Dajani, PhD
“The current focus of my work is the epigenetics of trauma and whether trauma can be inherited across generations. Exploring new hypotheses to explain nature around us is thrilling and exhilarating. Science is the only frontier that never ends and is continuously evolving. There is no limit to human curiosity”.
ISSCR Statement on Ethical Standards for Stem Cell-based Embryo Models
Skokie, IL – The ISSCR is updating its Guidelines for Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation to respond to recent scientific advances that include the use of pluripotent stem cell (PSC) to create models of early human embryo development (see Stem Cell Reports 14:1-6). As the science continues to advance, it raises important scientific, clinical, ethical, and societal issues for researchers, regulators, and funding agencies. The ISSCR believes the scientific community must address these challenges to establish parameters for research in this area.
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