How Fetal Tissue Ban Affects Research on Alzheimer’s, Other Diseases
The era of government-funded fetal tissue research to develop treatments for a host of diseases may be coming to an end — or at least put on pause for a while.
The Trump administration is ending all research conducted at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) using human fetal tissue from elective abortion as well as a new “competitive renewal process” for research using fetal tissue funded through the NIH, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced in a statement.