UCSF Will Not Place Stem Cell Lines in Federal Bank
The University of California-San Francisco will not deposit its stem cell lines in a federally funded bank maintained by WiCell Research Institute, the AP/San Jose Mercury News reports.
The bank, a not-for-profit organization affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is funded by a $16 million grant from NIH and is intended to serve as a clearinghouse for the 22 embryonic stem cell lines from laboratories around the world that are eligible for U.S. federal funding.
Researchers at UCSF said they will maintain and distribute their two federally approved stem cell lines instead of depositing them in the bank (Foley, AP/San Jose Mercury News, 12/6).