Prohibited Research

No UW personnel shall engage in and no UW facilities, equipment or other resources shall be utilized for any of the following:

• Human reproductive cloning;
• In vitro culture of an intact human embryo for more than 12 days of development or until formation of the primitive streak, whichever occurs first;
• Payment to a donor solely for the purpose of creating a human embryo to be used in hESC research;
• Implanting a chimeric embryo containing non-human cells, including ESC, into the uterus of a human;
• Implanting a chimeric embryo containing hESC into the uterus of a nonhuman primate and allowing the resulting pregnancy to progress to the point of independent viability;
• Breeding of a chimeric animal having hESC that were introduced during any stage of the animal’s embryonic or fetal development;
• Breeding of a chimeric animal having hESC where there is a reasonable possibility that human genetic material could be incorporated into the animal’s germ cells;
• Using federal funds to engage in ineligible hESC research; or
• Engaging in hESC research in a manner that is contrary to any applicable federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations.