Human embryo research

In 1996, a ban on the use of US Department of Health and Human Services fun ds for research on the creation of human embryos and research that involved the injury or destruction of human embryos was signed into law. This ban w as partially reversed in 2000 when the National Institutes of Health announ ced it would fund selective research on human pluripotent stem cells. Given the potential benefits to society, research using human embryos is an issu e that deserves additional consideration. The American Academy of Pediatric s believes that, under certain conditions, research using human embryos and pluripotent stem cells is of sufficient scientific importance that the Nat ional Institutes of Health should fund it and that federal oversight is mor ally preferable to the currently unregulated private sector approach.