Ocata Therapeutics Inc fka OCAT

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Awhile back, I recall reading some concerns with the informed consent requirements, since some original lines may not have all the documents. Any further concerns about that?

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The Basics of Eligibility

As in the draft document, the new guidelines clearly spell out how the human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) must have been derived.

The embryo must have been created for reproductive purposes, via in vitro fertilization, must be in excess of clinical need,
and must have been donated voluntarily. Written informed consent for research must have been obtained from the donor(s).

Information about hESC research must have been provided to the donor(s) in a robust informed consent process.

No research involving hESCs derived from a cloned embryo or parthenote (further-developed unfertilized human egg), or created by IVF but specifically for research, will be funded.

Donors cannot have been offered payment either in cash or in kind.

Read the entire policy at:
http://stemcells.nih.gov/policy/2009guidelines.htm