| Legal status |
VERY RESTRICTIVE |
| Key organization |
Ministry of Health (Slovak) |
| Policy |
hESC research is prohibited if it is not for the benefit of a specific embryo. Cloning is prohibited. |
| Legislation |
Law N. 576/2004 |
| Embryonic stem cell research policy |
hESC research is not specifically prohibited by law, however "non-therapeutic" research on human embryo is prohibited. |
| Research with embryo |
Research “without therapeutic purpose” (i.e. the so called non-therapeutic research) on human embryos and foetuses is prohibited |
| Somatic cell nuclear transfer |
SNCT is forbidden. |
| Privacy and data protection |
Act No. 428/2002 Coll. on Protection of Personal Data, as amended by Act No. 90/2005 Coll. |
