Title
Human embryonic stem cell registries: value, challenges and opportunities
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Cell Biology
Publication Date
2008-09-06
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Biomedical Research; Computational Biology; Databases, Factual; Embryo Research; Embryonic Stem Cells; Europe; Guidelines as Topic; Humans; Intellectual Property; *Registries
Disciplines
Cell Biology
Abstract
The accelerating pace of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research has created an urgent need for the development of hESC registries, information repositories intended to gather, organize and disseminate hESC information. Although of enormous value to this evolving field, registries face significant challenges to their development. These challenges include addressing the legal and ethical issues surrounding hESC derivation as well as complex intellectual property concerns. In addition to these issues, registries must develop tools to efficiently gather, validate and present many different types of hESC information from a variety of sources. Given the pace and regulatory complexities of this field, it is important that registries develop cooperative mechanisms to avoid duplication and more efficiently support hESC research.
DOI of Published Version
10.1002/jcb.21872
Source
J Cell Biochem. 2008 Oct 15;105(3):625-32. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of cellular biochemistry
Related Resources
PubMed ID
18773439
Repository Citation
Luong, Mai X.; Smith, Kelly P.; and Stein, Gary S., "Human embryonic stem cell registries: value, challenges and opportunities" (2008). Stein, Stein, Lian, vanWijnen Lab Publications. 45.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/stein/45