The need for a standard for informed consent for collection of human fetal material

Roger A Barker; Gerard J Boer; Elena Cattaneo; R Alta Charo; Susana M Chuva de Sousa Lopes; Yali Cong; Misao Fujita; Steven Goldman; Göran Hermerén; Insoo Hyun; Steven Lisgo; Anne E Rosser; Eric Anthony; Olle Lindvall

doi:10.1016/j.stemcr.2022.05.013

The need for a standard for informed consent for collection of human fetal material

Stem Cell Reports. 2022 Jun 14;17(6):1245-1247. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2022.05.013.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, UK. Electronic address: rab46@cam.ac.uk.
² Netherlands Institute of Neuroscience (Retired), 1105BA Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
³ University of Milan, 20122 Milano, Italy.
⁴ University of Wisconsin-Madison/Nuclear Threat Initiative, Madison, WI, USA.
⁵ Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, the Netherlands.
⁶ Peking University, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, China.
⁷ Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
⁸ University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
⁹ Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
¹⁰ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
¹¹ Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
¹² Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK.
¹³ International Society for Stem Cell Research, Skokie, IL, USA.

Abstract

The ISSCR has developed the Informed Consent Standards for Human Fetal Tissue Donation and Research to promote uniformity and transparency in tissue donation and collection. This standard is designed to assist those working with and overseeing the regulation of such tissue and reassure the wider community and public.

MeSH terms

Fetus
Humans
Informed Consent*
Tissue and Organ Procurement*

Grants and funding

MR/R015724/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom