Clerk session vote number: 380
Description: Alternative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enhancement Act
Bill summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Alternative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enhancement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop techniques for the isolation, derivation, production, or testing of stem cells that are capable of producing all or almost all of the cell types of the developing body and may result in improved understanding of treatments for
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diseases and other adverse health conditions, but that are not derived from a human embryo.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide guidance concerning the next steps required for additional research; (2) prioritize research with the greatest potential for near-term clinical benefit; and (3) take into account techniques outlined by the President's Council on Bioethics and any other appropriate techniques and research.
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Bill titles: A bill to derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos.
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