What does HERP stand for?

Human Embryo Research Panel (US NIH)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

In response, the NIH established the Human Embryo Research Panel to assess the ethical issues raised by this research and develop recommendations for NIH review and conduct of human embryo research.

Cloning: US and global perspectives

Bush, the human embryo research panel at NIH, and the chief cloning researchers at Advanced Cell Technology in Massachusetts.

Human Cloning Legislation in Congress: Misconceptions and Realities

With this task in mind, a group of nineteen individuals, known collectively as the Human Embryo Research Panel (HERP), was selected.

Can we still talk? Experimenting on human embryos

Three of the 13 members -- embryologist Brigid Hogan, philosopher Carol Tauer, and law professor Patricia King -- are veterans of the NIH Human Embryo Research Panel that unanimously recommended federal funding of lethal experiments on human embryos in 1994.

Destructive Embryo Research Plan Being Readied for "Public Comment"

At the hearing, advocates for destructive embryo research cited the 1994 report of the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Human Embryo Research Panel as a guide to addressing "ethical" concerns.

New Campaign for Lethal Embryo Research Skirts the Law