HHS/NIH Plan for Implementation of Executive Order 13435: Expanding Approved Stem Cell Lines in Ethically Responsible Ways

On June 20, 2007, President George W. Bush issued Executive Order 13435. The Executive Order requires that "The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall conduct and support research on the isolation, derivation, production, and testing of stem cells that are capable of producing all or almost all of the cell types of the developing body and may result in improved understanding of or treatments for diseases and other adverse health conditions, but are derived without creating a human embryo for research purposes or destroying, discarding, or subjecting to harm a human embryo or fetus."

The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has tasked the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with the responsibility to develop a plan to implement the Executive Order. You can download the implementation plan (204KB PDF; get Adobe Reader).