STEM CELL RESEARCH CODES
JANUARY 1st 2017

The following items are required to procede with an experiment:

1) Consent of the donor must be obtained.


2) There must be no inducement or financial persuasion in obtaining consent.


3) Donors should be aware consent with not result in any award or personal gain.


4) Donors have to option to remain anonymous.


5) The clinic has the obligation to inform the donor what their intent is to do with their embryo.


6) Once the embryo is donated, the donors have no say in what it becomes.


7) Embryos may not be used for genetic research or testing unless otherwise approved by the donor.


8) Embryos may only be experimented upon, if the experiment is for significant advancement to the welfare of society.

 

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