A scientist at the federal Rocky Mountain Laboratories wants relief from recently imposed restrictions on fetal tissue research in order to conduct a study related to coronavirus disease 2019.
By Meredith WadmanThe Trump administration’s 2019 ban on the use of human fetal tissue by scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is preventing a leading researcher from using special mice to test potential therapies for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), The Washington Post reports.According to the Post, Kim Hasenkrug, an immunologist at NIH’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories, has spent nearly 1 month appealing to the Trump administration to grant him an exemption to the administration’s strict policy.