ETHICS INTERRUPTED
Tags: MEDICAL ethics; EMBRYONIC stem cells -- Research; KEIRSTEAD, Hans S.; HUMAN embryo; SCHWARTZ, Phil; STEM cells
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- FROM THE EDITORS. Rhodes, Rosamond; Sheldon, Mark // APA Newsletters;Spring2007, Vol. 6 Issue 2, p1
The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including a reprint of the article "Ethical Issues in Using and Not Using Embryonic Stem Cells," by Frances M. Kamm and a review of Tony Hope's book "Medical Ethics: A Very Short Introduction."
- Embryonic stem cell research and the argument of complicity. Birnbacher, Dieter // Reproductive BioMedicine Online;2009 Supplement 1, Vol. 18 Issue S1, p12
While the argument of complicity is only rarely discussed in bioethics, it is of obvious relevance to the issue of imported embryonic stem cells in countries in which the derivation of stem cells from early human embryos is legally prohibited and/or morally rejected. Complicity means that making...
- The debate surrounding human embryonic stem cell research in the USA. Alikani, Mina // Reproductive BioMedicine Online;Dec2007 Supplement 2, Vol. 15 Issue S2, p7
Despite its potential for reducing human suffering, the advancement of human embryonic stem cell research has not been given top priority by the US government, and the scientific community has been engaged in a debate on this issue in the USA and beyond. The central question in this debate is...
- Research on embryonic stem cells: The time has come--maybe. Asch-Goodkin, Judith // Contemporary Pediatrics;Jun2005, Vol. 22 Issue 6, p12
This article looks at efforts to fund research on embryonic stem cells in the U.S. Embryonic stem cells have enormous therapeutic potential for a wide range of diseases and disabilities but, unhappily, existing techniques for extracting these amazing cells kill the embryo that contains them....
- ES research in Australia. // Reproductive BioMedicine Online;Mar2007, Vol. 14 Issue 3, p355
The article discusses the outcome and recommendations of a review conducted by Judge Lockhart and an independent committee regarding the effects of embryonic stem cell research on human conception and possible therapies. The review observed that there was not a single view coming from the...
- Whose eggs? // New Scientist;11/19/2005, Vol. 188 Issue 2526, p4
This article reports that the ethical concerns of a different kind are jeopardising plans for a World Stem Cell Hub to share lines of human embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Plans for the hub were unveiled last month by Woo Suk Hwang of Seoul National University in South Korea, who shot to fame...
- Readers React: Stem Cell Research. Funke, Robert; Brown, Rayilyn; Bruner, Autumn; Reed, Don Charles // U.S. News Digital Weekly;6/26/2009, Vol. 1 Issue 23, p23
The article presents readers' reactions on the issue of human embryo stem cell research studies in the U.S. One reader pointed out the potential health benefits that may arise from these research studies. Another argued that the use of blastocysts was not murder because it is just a cell and not...
- Arresting Development. Stith, Richard // Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity;Jan/Feb2008, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p32
The article presents the similarity between abortion and embryonic stem-cell research. It discusses an analogy of construction and development wherein construction, the form that defines the entity comes from the outside while in development, the form that defines it is within from the start....
- Heaven and cell. Fleming, Katherine // Bulletin with Newsweek;11/7/2006, Vol. 124 Issue 6545, p20
The article discusses the recommendations made by the Lockhart Review Committee to legalise cloning for embryonic stem cell research in Australia. It has been alleged that many of its members are pro-cloning. In counter to the allegations, several members of the committee testified that they are...
