NIH lifts restrictions on fetal tissue research

Fetal tissue research: legal regulation of human fetal tissue transplantation.

Attitudes of women to fetal tissue research.

The use of human fetal tissue for scientific research has enormous potential but is subject to government legislation. In the United Kingdom the Polkinghorne Committee's guidelines were accepted by the Department of Health in 1990. These guidelines set out to protect women undergoing termination of pregnancy from exploitation but in so doing may significantly restrict potential research. Althou...

Fetal tissue research: the cutting edge?

NIH FOA focuses on future BRAIN research.

I n January, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) posted additional information about an imaging-focused funding opportunity announcement (FOA) component of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. BRAIN is a collaborative effort announced in April 2013 by President Obama, with a goal of “revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain.” NIH ...

NIH/NSF Visualization Research Challenges

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