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Essay Moving Human Embryonic Stem Cells from Legislature to Lab: Remaining Legal and Ethical Questions Henry T. Greely esearch with human embryonic contained in two California statutes and guidelines do not come close to stem cells (hESCs) has been [3,4], and by regulations that will answering all existing questions; rather, Rcontroversial, but in the seven be adopted under those statutes. they raise some new ones, individually years since their isolation by James Federal laws and regulations will and through their interaction. Thomson [1], governments have also apply. And although technically The issues are discussed below in largely answered, at least for now, the only recommendations, the report the context of California and, more fi rst-level questions about this research. of the National Research Council broadly, the United States, but, We now know in most jurisdictions and Institute of Medicine panel on wherever in the world this research is whether derivation of hESC lines will hESC research (hereafter referred to done (and regulated), most researchers not be permitted from any embryos or as the National Academy of Science across the globe will face most of these whether it will be permitted from all [NAS] report) [5] will be watched issues in some form (Figure 1). In embryos, only from embryos created closely, especially if funding agencies many parts of the world, continuing as part of in vitro fertilization clinical