“It was felt that more discussion
was needed before moving to a vote so another meeting is going to be
scheduled.”

“...will decide whether to approve a
grantee’s request to use a stem cell line created with paid-for
eggs on the basis of whether doing so 'will advance CIRM’s
mission.' This criterion is much too vague, and doesn’t include
consideration of the health or welfare of the women who undergo egg
retrieval. Protecting the well-being of women providing eggs is not
even mentioned (though perhaps it could be considered as an element
of the fifth of five 'factors to be considered by the ICOC(the agency
board),' 'whether the donation…was consistent with `best practices’
at the time of donation').”

The standards group also heard from a
UCLA researcher who argued on behalf of the change. Kathrin Plath
said she and her colleagues wanted to use a paid-for stem cell line
from the Oregon experiment that cloned human stem cells.

Source:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/uqpFc/~3/QECOGHuAvIc/stem-cell-lines-and-paid-for-eggs-stem.html