Brussels, 07/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Commission has released a report on the scientific, ethical, legal and socio-economic issues related to human embryo stem cell research. Later this year, the EU is expected to decide on whether to provide EU funding for projects involving research using human embryos. In this connection, the forthcoming inter-institutional seminar on 24 April 2003 (of representatives of the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU) will contribute to defining guidelines for EU-funded stem cell research, based on the report just published by the Commission. The report can be accessed at http: //europa.eu.int/comm/research/press/2003/pdf/sec2003-441report_en.html