NIH News Alert-Extension of Public Comment Period on Draft National Institutes of Health Guidelines for Research Involving Human Pluripotent Stem Cells (December 1999)

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, January 31, 2000

Contact:
Marc Stern, NIH
(301) 496-2535

Extension of Public Comment Period on Draft National Institutes of Health Guidelines
for Research Involving Human Pluripotent Stem Cells (December 1999)

The National Institutes of Health is extending the public comment period on the Draft National Institutes of Health Guidelines for Research Involving Human Pluripotent Stem Cells (December 1999) for three weeks. Written comments should be received by NIH on or before February 22, 2000. Comments should be addressed to: Stem Cell Guidelines, NIH Office of Science Policy, 1 Center Drive, Building 1, Room 218, Bethesda, MD 20892. Comments may also be sent by facsimile transmission to Stem Cell Guidelines at (301) 402-0280, or by e-mail to: stemcell@mail.nih.gov.