Human embryonic stem cell registries: value, challenges and opportunities
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Cell BiologyDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2008-09-06Keywords
Biomedical ResearchComputational Biology
Databases, Factual
Embryo Research
Embryonic Stem Cells
Europe
Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Intellectual Property
*Registries
Cell Biology
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The accelerating pace of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research has created an urgent need for the development of hESC registries, information repositories intended to gather, organize and disseminate hESC information. Although of enormous value to this evolving field, registries face significant challenges to their development. These challenges include addressing the legal and ethical issues surrounding hESC derivation as well as complex intellectual property concerns. In addition to these issues, registries must develop tools to efficiently gather, validate and present many different types of hESC information from a variety of sources. Given the pace and regulatory complexities of this field, it is important that registries develop cooperative mechanisms to avoid duplication and more efficiently support hESC research.Source
J Cell Biochem. 2008 Oct 15;105(3):625-32. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.1002/jcb.21872Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/49616PubMed ID
18773439Related Resources
Link to Article in PubMedae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1002/jcb.21872