Lok Sabha Question No. 33 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-15
Subject: Stem Cell Research
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: KIRIT SOMAIYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RESEARCH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED Q UESTION NO. 33 TO BE ANSWERED ON   15 TH DECEMBER, 2017

## STEM CELL RESEARCH

## 33.DR. KIRIT SOMAIYA:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any guidelines are in place to regulate stem cell research in the country and the violation of rules and regulations, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether any case of violation of existing norms has come to the notice of Government, if so, the action taken by the Government in this regard;

(c) the details of the progress in stem cell research in the country during the last five

- (d)  the  details  of  the  hospitals/  institutions/research  org anisations  where  stem  cell  research  and therapy are available in the country; and
- (e) the measures being taken by the Government to encourage stem cell research and therapy benefit of critically ill patients?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## ( SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a): Yes. 'National Guidelines for Stem Cell Research, 2017' have been issued on 12/10/2017.
- (b): Yes. Such violation have come into notice through media, in addition to other complaint representations.  These  issues  have  been  taken - up  with  Medical  Council  of  India  (MCI),  Indian Medical  Association  (IMA),  Central  Drugs  Standard  Control  Organisation  (CDSCO),  an Directorate G eneral of Health Services (DGHS) for redressal from time to time.
- (c) : 50 projects/fellowships have been funded and establishment of centre for Advanced R in hepatocyte progenitor cell isolation and transplant at Chennai, has been supported. A ot study has also been undertaken at Dr. R.P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute o Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.
- (d) : A list of hospitals/institutions/research organisations is annexed .
- (e) : To encourage stem cell research and t herapy, various projects, task forces are supported by t Indian  Council  of  Medical  Research  (ICMR).    Also,  the  Department  of  Biotechnology  (DB supports the programme 'Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine' to promote basic and translational research in the area.

## Annexure

|   S.No. | Institution involvedin stem cell research                                 |
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|       1 | Eyestem ResearchPrivate Limite d,Bangalore                                |
|       2 | Dr.D.Y. Patil DentalCollegeand Hospita l ,Pune                            |
|       3 | Central University ofKeral a,Kerala                                       |
|       4 | SOLO STEMCELLS -Researchand Application Centr e,Pune                      |
|       5 | IndianSpinalInjuries Centr e,New Delhi                                    |
|       6 | Transcell Biologics Pvt.Ltd., Hyderabad                                   |
|       7 | Y enepoya Universit y, Ma ngalore                                         |
|       8 | Dr.Mahajan's Hospital & Industrial Trauma Centre(ITC) ,Navi Mumbai        |
|       9 | IndianInstitute ofTechnolog y, Indore                                     |
|      10 | Medanta-The Medicit y,Gurgaon                                             |
|      11 | OCT Therapiesand ResearchPvt.Ltd., Mumbai                                 |
|      12 | Frontier Lifeline Hospital, Chennai                                       |
|      13 | EmProCell Clinical ResearchPvt.Ltd., Mumbai                               |
|      14 | Stempeutics Research Pvt.Ltd., Bengaluru                                  |
|      15 | Regenerative MedicalServices Pvt.Ltd., Mumbai                             |
|      16 | Asianinstitute ofGastroenterology, Hyderabad                              |
|      17 | RelianceLifeSciencesPvt .Ltd., Mumbai                                     |
|      18 | StanleyMedicalColleg e,Chennai                                            |
|      19 | SRM University, Kancheepuram                                              |
|      20 | SymbiosisSchoolofBiomedicalSciences, Pune                                 |
|      21 | Institute forStem CellBiologyand Regenerative Medicine(inStem), Bangalore |
|      22 | National CentreforBiological Sciences(NCBS), Bangalore                    |
|      23 | Armed ForcesMedicalCollege(AFMC), Pune                                    |
|      24 | NitteUniversity, Mangalore                                                |
|      25 | VisionResearchFoundation, Chennai                                         |
|      26 | Pt.J.N.M Medical College, Raipur                                          |
|      27 | Schoolof Regenerative Medicine,Manipal Universit y,Bangalore              |
|      28 | National CentreforCellSciences, Pune                                      |
|      29 | Malabar Institute ofMedicalSciencesLtd., Kozhikode                        |
|      30 | L.V.PrasadEye Institute, Hyderabad                                        |
|      31 | Jawaharlal Nehru CentreforAdvanced Scientific Research, Bangalore         |
|      32 | CentreforCellular and MolecularBiology,Hyderabad                          |
|      33 | Christian Medical College, Vellore                                        |
|      34 | National Institute forResearchinReproductive Health, Mumbai               |
|      35 | KIMS Foundationand ResearchCenter, Secunderabad                           |
|      36 | Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur                                   |
|      37 | Bhabha Atomic ResearchCentre, Mumbai                                      |
|      38 | Institute of Nuclear Medicineand Allied Sciences(INMAS), Delhi            |
|      39 | SaisevaBiotechPvt.Ltd. ,Satara                                            |
|      40 | ChaitanyaHospital, Pune                                                   |
|      41 | LifeCell International Pvt.Ltd., Chennai                                  |
|      42 | Ree Laboratories Pvt.Ltd., Mumbai                                         |
|      43 | Wockhardt Hospital s,Mumbai                                               |

|   44. | IndianInstitute of Technology, Mumbai                                                                                                                              |
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|    45 | Advanced CentreforTreatmentResearchand EducationinCancer (ACTREC ) , Mumbai                                                                                        |
|    46 | Cryo- Save (India) Private Limited, Bangalore                                                                                                                      |
|    47 | HiMedia Laboratories Pvt.Ltd. ,Mumbai                                                                                                                              |
|    48 | NationalInstitute ofPathology(NIOP ) , Delhi                                                                                                                       |
|    49 | IndianInstitute ofSciences, Bangalore                                                                                                                              |
|    50 | CellugenBiotechPvt.Ltd., Gurgaon                                                                                                                                   |
|    51 | Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute forMedical Sciencesand Technology,Kerala                                                                                             |
|    52 | IndianInstitute ofScienceEducationand Research(USER), Kolkata                                                                                                      |
|    53 | Smt. G.R. Doshi and Smt. K.M. Mehta Institute ofKidney Diseasesand Research Centreand Dr H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences(IKDRC -ITS) , Ahmedabad |
|    54 | Narayana MedicalColleg e,Nellore                                                                                                                                   |
|    55 | ApolloHospital s, ApolloHospitals Enterprise Limite d,Chennai                                                                                                      |
|    56 | TotalPotential CellPvt.Ltd., Baroda                                                                                                                                |
|    57 | CentreforBiotechnology, Anna University, Chennai                                                                                                                   |
|    58 | Chennai DentalResearchFoundation, Chennai                                                                                                                          |
|    59 | Institute ofLiverand Biliary Sciences, Delhi                                                                                                                       |
|    60 | D. Y. Patil Universit y, Kolhapur                                                                                                                                  |
|    61 | IndianInstitute ofEngineering Scienceand Technology (IIEST), Shibpur                                                                                               |
|    62 | Chennai DentalResearchFoundation, Chennai                                                                                                                          |
|    63 | Trichyinstitute ofRegenerative Medicine,Trichy                                                                                                                     |
|    64 | Narayana Nethralya, Bangalore                                                                                                                                      |
|    65 | IndianInstitute ofEngineering Scienceand Technology,Shibpur                                                                                                        |
|    66 | Birla Institute ofTechnology and SciencePilani, Goa Campus                                                                                                         |
|    67 | Western Railway Hospital, Baroda                                                                                                                                   |
|    68 | CenturionLaboratories Pvt.Ltd. ,Baroda                                                                                                                             |
|    69 | University ofHyderabad,Hyderabad                                                                                                                                   |
|    70 | Madras DiabetesResearchFoundation, Chennai                                                                                                                         |
|    71 | Veer SurendraSaiInstitute ofMedicalScienceand Research ,Burla                                                                                                      |
|    72 | TrichyInstitute ofRegenerative Medicine,Trichy                                                                                                                     |
|    73 | Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical ResearchInstitute, Mumbai                                                                                          |
|    74 | Amity University, Noida                                                                                                                                            |
|    75 | Era's Lucknow Medical College& Hospital, Lucknow                                                                                                                   |
|    76 | SASTRA University, Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                      |
|    77 | Maratha Mandai'sNathajirao G. HalgekarInstitute ofDentalSciencesand Research Centre, Belagavi                                                                      |
|    78 | NationalInstitute ofMental Healthand Neurosciences, Bangalore                                                                                                      |
|    79 | KRM Hospital and ResearchCentre, Lucknow                                                                                                                           |
|    80 | IndianInstitute ofTechnology,Hyderabad                                                                                                                             |
|    81 | Siddhivinayak HealthcareGeneralHospital and ICU, Mumbai                                                                                                            |
|    82 | AllIndiaInstitute ofMedicalSciences, New Delhi                                                                                                                     |
|    83 | SriRamachandra University, Chennai                                                                                                                                 |
|    84 | Pondicherry Central University, Puducherry                                                                                                                         |
|    85 | Saarum SciencePrivate Limited, Hyderabad                                                                                                                           |

|   86 | DattMediproducts Ltd., Delhi                           |
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|   87 | Vellore Institute ofTechnology(VIT)University, Vellore |
|   88 | PrasadResearchFoundation, Telagana                     |
|   89 | Yashraj Biotechnology Ltd.,Mumbai                      |
|   90 | National Institute of Immunology, Delhi                |