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Sent this comment tonight. Expect several family members and friends to respond also. Kathleen ========================= The Draft NIH Human Stem Cell Guidelines are way too limiting. It is wrong to restrict funding to stem cells derived from blastocysts created by in vitro fertilization (IVF) for reproductive purposes and slated for destruction. It is critical to support research on all hESCs, including cells derived through SCNT. In addition, it is misguided to disqualify currently approved stem cell lines by retroactively applying requirements that will be difficult or impossible to meet at this time. I concur with the comments issued by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn