STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 2005--Before conducting research that involves putting human stem cells into the brains of nonhuman primates such as monkeys or apes, scientists and oversight committees should consider a series of ethical criteria, according to a policy paper released in the July 15 issue of Science.
The policy paper was written by a 22-member committee that included Hank Greely, JD, a law professor at Stanford University and chair of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics steering committee. Greely previously chaired an informal working group that reviewed the ethics of similar work in mice.
