The loss of life is the issue with these groups. Once the stem cells are extracted from the embryo, it, in essence dies or is killed. The policy attempts to address the issue of research for the extraction of stem cells from embryos for the purpose of generating embryonic cells. The act further stipulates the sources from which these human embryonic stems cell may be derived. The source of the embryos would come from in-vitro fertilization clinics that would otherwise be discarded.
Informed consent is required from the progenitors.
Those individuals with polycystic kidney disease often have to take potent anti-rejection medications if they have had a kidney transplant. Why the policy window opened. Polycystic kidney disease has been recognized as the most prevalent life threatening genetic disease in this country. There is an estimated 600,000 people afflicted with this disease. The Stem Cell Research Act of 2000 seeks to provide amendments to the Public Health Service Act which would provide federal funds for research with respect to human embryonic stem cells.