The Stem Cell Dilemma
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Author | : Katrien Devolder |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2015-01-22 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0191036234 |
Embryonic stem cell research holds unique promise for developing therapies for currently incurable diseases and conditions, and for important biomedical research. However, the process through which embryonic stem cells are obtained involves the destruction of early human embryos. Katrien Devolder focuses on the tension between the popular view that an embryo should never be deliberately harmed or destroyed, and the view that embryonic stem cell research, because of its enormous promise, must go forward. She provides an in-depth ethical analysis of the major philosophical and political attempts to resolve this tension. One such attempt involves the development of a middle ground position, which accepts only types or aspects of embryonic stem cell research deemed compatible with the view that the embryo has a significant moral status. An example is the position that it can be permissible to derive stem cells from embryos left over from in vitro fertilisation but not from embryos created for research. Others have advocated a technical solution. Several techniques have been proposed for deriving embryonic stem cells, or their functional equivalents, without harming embryos. An example is the induced pluripotent stem cell technique. Through highlighting inconsistencies in the arguments for these positions, Devolder argues that the central tension in the embryonic stem cell debate remains unresolved. This conclusion has important implications for the stem cell debate, as well as for policies inspired by this debate.
Author | : Leo Furcht |
Publisher | : Arcade Publishing |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : |
Traces findings in biomedical research about the potential for stem cells to enable revolutionary cures, offering insight into the controversy surrounding stem-cell research and its related international biological arms race.
Author | : Insoo Hyun |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2013-06-24 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0521768691 |
This book provides a sophisticated yet accessible account of emerging trends in stem cell research and their accompanying ethical issues.
Author | : Christopher Thomas Scott |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2006-08-29 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780452287853 |
While many believe stem cell research holds the key to curing a wide range of ailments, others see this research as opening a Pandora’s box that will devalue human life. In Stem Cell Now, Christopher Scott—executive director of Stanford University’s Stem Cells and Society Program—lays out the scientific and ethical issues surrounding this national dilemma. Scott guides readers through the latest advances in stem cell research in clear, accessible language, telling the stories of the researchers who are exploring the potential of stem cells to cure cancer, grow new organs, and repair the immune system. He also leads readers through a discussion of the question at the heart of the explosive ethical debate: How, as a society, do we balance our responsibilities to the unborn and the sick? Stem Cell Now is essential reading for anyone who wants to build an informed opinion on stem cell research.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 59 |
Release | : 2010-07-13 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0309158354 |
In 2005, the National Academies released the book, Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, which offered a common set of ethical standards for a field that, due to the absence of comprehensive federal funding, was lacking national standards for research. In order to keep the Guidelines up to date, given the rapid pace of scientific and policy developments in the field of stem cell research, the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee was established in 2006 with support from The Ellison Medical Foundation, The Greenwall Foundation, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. As it did in 2007 and 2008, the Committee identified issues that warranted revision, and this book addresses those issues in a third and final set of amendments. Specifically, this book sets out an updated version of the National Academies' Guidelines, one that takes into account the new, expanded role of the NIH in overseeing hES cell research. It also identifies those avenues of continuing National Academies' involvement deemed most valuable by the research community and other significant stakeholders.
Author | : Suzanne Holland |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780262582087 |
Discusses the ethical issues involved in the use of human embryonic stem cells in regenerative medicine.
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Publisher | : Nordic Council of Ministers |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9789289306539 |
Includes the introductory talks and a summary of the general discussion of a workshop arranged by the Nordic Committee on Bioethics and held Oct. 10-11, 2000--Introd.
Author | : Rafaela Hillerbrand |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 1209 |
Release | : 2012-01-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9400714335 |
Risk has become one of the main topics in fields as diverse as engineering, medicine and economics, and it is also studied by social scientists, psychologists and legal scholars. But the topic of risk also leads to more fundamental questions such as: What is risk? What can decision theory contribute to the analysis of risk? What does the human perception of risk mean for society? How should we judge whether a risk is morally acceptable or not? Over the last couple of decades questions like these have attracted interest from philosophers and other scholars into risk theory. This handbook provides for an overview into key topics in a major new field of research. It addresses a wide range of topics, ranging from decision theory, risk perception to ethics and social implications of risk, and it also addresses specific case studies. It aims to promote communication and information among all those who are interested in theoetical issues concerning risk and uncertainty. This handbook brings together internationally leading philosophers and scholars from other disciplines who work on risk theory. The contributions are accessibly written and highly relevant to issues that are studied by risk scholars. We hope that the Handbook of Risk Theory will be a helpful starting point for all risk scholars who are interested in broadening and deepening their current perspectives.
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2025 |
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ISBN | : 9783031440823 |
Author | : Arlene Chiu |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 2003-08 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
A discussion of all the key issues in the use of human pluripotent stem cells for treating degenerative diseases or for replacing tissues lost from trauma. On the practical side, the topics range from the problems of deriving human embryonic stem cells and driving their differentiation along specific lineages, regulating their development into mature cells, and bringing stem cell therapy to clinical trials. Regulatory issues are addressed in discussions of the ethical debate surrounding the derivation of human embryonic stem cells and the current policies governing their use in the United States and abroad, including the rules and conditions regulating federal funding and questions of intellectual property.