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Panel issues guidelines for stem cell research

Concerned about inadequate regulation of privately funded human embryonic stem cell research, a panel at the National Academies issued guidelines Tuesday for American scientists, universities and private institutions. “We know this research is going to occur,” said Norm Fost, a medical ethicist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a member of the academies’ advisory panel, so, “how do we make sure it gets done ethically?”