Responsibilities
The Guidelines assigns several responsibilities to ESCRO committees:
- provide oversight over all issues related to derivation and use of hES cell lines
- review and approve the scientific merit of research protocols
- review compliance of all in-house human embryonic stem cell research with all relevant regulations and these guidelines
- maintain registries of human embryonic stem cell research conduced at the institution and hES cell lines derived or imported by institutional investigators
- facilitate education of investigators involved in human embryonic stem cell research.
Read more about this topic: Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight Committees