California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA.
Stem Cells Transl Med. 2013 Oct;2(10):727-30. doi: 10.5966/sctm.2013-0099. Epub 2013 Aug 29.
Human somatic cell reprogramming is a leading technology for accelerating disease modeling and drug discovery. Research organizations are sponsoring initiatives to create libraries of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines for broad distribution and application. Donor informed consent plays a critical role in supporting the ethical conduct of iPSC research. To date, our organizations have focused on informed consent considerations for somatic cell collection intended specifically for iPSC derivation and distribution. This article considers how somatic cells obtained under general (biomedical) research protocols can be used for iPSC derivation. We present draft Points to Consider regarding the use of human somatic cells for iPSC research. Our goal is to initiate a process designed to develop consensus for the use of previously collected specimens for iPSC research. We anticipate publishing final considerations in early 2014.
人类体细胞重编程是加速疾病建模和药物发现的领先技术。研究机构正在发起倡议,创建诱导多能干细胞(iPSC)系库,以供广泛分发和应用。供体知情同意在支持 iPSC 研究的伦理行为方面发挥着关键作用。迄今为止,我们的组织一直专注于体细胞采集的知情同意考虑,这些采集专门用于 iPSC 的衍生和分配。本文考虑了如何使用一般(生物医学)研究方案获得的体细胞来衍生 iPSC。我们提出了关于使用人类体细胞进行 iPSC 研究的草案要点。我们的目标是启动一个旨在就先前收集的标本用于 iPSC 研究达成共识的过程。我们预计在 2014 年初发布最终考虑。