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Brian Vastag

JAMA. 2004;291:2306-2308.

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The President's Council on Bioethics, stung by recent criticisms regarding the dismissal of one of its members, has released a set of recommendations calling for long-term study and close monitoring of in vitro fertilization and other reproductive technologies. In the report, the council advises reproductive medicine groups to heighten their self-regulation and implores Congress to outlaw "boundary crossing" experiments with human embryos. The group also calls for a ban on any sales of human embryos.

After two sometimes acrimonious years debating the proprietary of embryo cloning and stem cell research (among other less-heated topics), the council released its fourth report in April, marking the first time it has made concrete, unanimous recommendations. Chairman Leon Kass, MD, indicated in a written statement that he wanted to find "common ground" without any of the council's 15 members "having to compromise on a matter of principle. . . . "

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