Human Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee (HSCRO)

The Case Western Reserve University Human Stem Cell Research Oversight (HSCRO) Committee provides oversight of in vitro research involving:

• The use of established human pluripotent stem cell lines that are limited to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Registry
• The use of already existing human pluripotent stem cell lines
• The collection of tissues or embryos for derivation of new (not established or already existing) human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) and human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) lines.
• The procurement and use of in vitro fertilization (IVF) embryos for research, or the procurement and/or use of human gametes to create research embryos
• The in vitro culture of embryos or embryo-like structures
• The generation of human totipotent cells and the mixing of totipotent or pluripotent stem cells with human embryos in vitro
• The transfer of human unipotent or pluripotent stem cells, and/or any of these stem cell types' direct derivatives into laboratory animals only where there is a possibility of human cell integration into the animals' central nervous systems (CNS) and/or the animals' sex cells

Download the CWRU HSCRO Application

‌‌NIH Resources

• Established cell lines
• NIH guidelines

Other Resources

• International Society for Stem Cell Research
• National Academy of Sciences

HSCRO Contacts

Email the HSCRO at hscro@case.edu or contact a member of our team.