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Nature 413, 99 (13 September 2001) | doi:10.1038/35093243

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NIH ponders repository for embryonic stem cells

Laura Bonetta

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is considering plans for a repository to house human embryonic stem cells for distribution to US researchers.The proposed stem-cell bank would hold many of the 64 embryonic stem-cell lines approved for funding under the Bush administration's recent ruling (see Nature 412, 665; 2001).