The Ethics of Stem Cell Research
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- What's in the Dish? McGee, Glenn; Caplan, Arthur L. // Hastings Center Report;Mar/Apr99, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p36
Comments on the conclusions of Geron's Ethics Advisory Board on the benefits of stem cells research. Failure of the Geron's report to elaborate the issues associated with the moral status of human stem cells; Distinction between stem cell research that involves cells derived from blastocysts...
- Property, Progeny, and Patents. Knowles, Lori P. // Hastings Center Report;Mar/Apr99, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p38
Comments on Geron's Ethics Advisory Board's (EAB) report on the potential medical uses of embryonic stem cells (hES cells). Difficulty in categorizing human embryos; Question on who will profit in the commercialization of hES; Benefits of hES.
- The Ethics of Moral Compromise for Stem Cell Research Policy. Master, Zubin; Crozier, G. // Health Care Analysis;Mar2012, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p50
In the US, stem cell research is at a moral impasse-many see this research as ethically mandated due to its potential for ameliorating major diseases, while others see this research as ethically impermissible because it typically involves the destruction of embryos and use of ova from women....
- Stem Cell Secrets. Kavanaugh, John F. // America;06/03/2000, Vol. 182 Issue 20, p24
Examines the ethics of using embryonic stem cells for the treatment of diseases. Analogy with the use of bodies of criminals in medical research; Information on stem cells; Issue of what to do with unwanted embryos that were once created by in vitro fertilization for fertility purposes.
- Regulating stem cell research in Europe by the back door. Holm, S. // Journal of Medical Ethics;Aug2003, Vol. 29 Issue 4, p203
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- Embryonic Stem cell research - The case for... Winston, Robert // Nature Medicine;Apr2001, Vol. 7 Issue 4, p396
Defends the approval of research in the use of embryonic stem (ES) cells by the British government. Reason for provision of legislative support to ES cell research; Questions to be addressed regarding the morality behind stem cell therapy; Comment of the author on the purpose of cloning...
- POINT / COUNTER. Donovan, Peter J.; Zambidis, Elias T. // Hem/Onc Today;5/25/2009, Vol. 10 Issue 10, p11
The article debates the moral and ethical issues surrounding the issue of producing pluripotent stem cells from adult stem cells.
- Potential Seen for New Approach to Stern Cell Research. Chambers, Heather // San Diego Business Journal;9/3/2007, Vol. 28 Issue 36, p8
The article reports on the creation of a solution to the ongoing ethical and legal challenges facing stem cell research. The International Stem Cell Corp. created a technology that derives stem cells from unfertilized human eggs. It says, its technology, called parthenogenesis, eliminates the...
- Stem Cell Battles Are Far From Over. Cook, Michael // Australasian Science;Jul/Aug2011, Vol. 32 Issue 6, p48
The article enumerates the ethical issues associated with the use of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. According to the author, despite some scientists' claim that it is more ethical to conduct studies on iPS cells rather than human embryonic stem cells, the former still has some problematic...
