upfront QUIZ 2
Tags: EDUCATIONAL tests & measurements -- United States; STEM cells -- Moral & ethical aspects
Related Articles
- Different faiths, different views on stem cells. Lampman, Jane // Christian Science Monitor;7/23/2001, Vol. 93 Issue 166, p1
Discusses the viewpoint of different faiths on the ethics of embryonic stem cell research.
- 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.
- DISTINCTLY HUMAN. Harvey, John Collins // Commonweal;2/8/2002, Vol. 129 Issue 3, p11
Reveals the basic metaphysical categories that are helpful in understanding the status of the human embryo after U.S. President George W. Bush decided to fund the research on human embryonic stem cells in 2001. Notion of being that can account for both the reality of a particular essence and...
- The stem-cell sell. // Commonweal;8/17/2001, Vol. 128 Issue 14, p5
Criticizes the proposal of some scientists in the United States to fund their research on embryo stem cells that would cure disease like Parkinson's. Information on cell-embryos; Skepticism on the ultimate goal of embryo stem-cell research; Argument of proponents of stem-cell research.
- Ethical and social considerations of stem cell research. McLaren, Anne // Nature;11/1/2001, Vol. 414 Issue 6859, p129
Discusses the ethical, moral and social considerations in stem cell research. Ethics of the destructive harvesting of stem cells from human embryo; Moral value of embryos donated for research; Possibility for stem cell research to facilitate reproductive cloning in humans.
- Every cell is sacred? Wilson, Stephen // New Scientist;12/22/2007, Vol. 196 Issue 2635/2636, p34
A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article about turning skin cells into stem cells.
- EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE: PHILOSOPHICAL AND LEGAL REFLECTIONS. McCartney, James J. // Albany Law Review;2002, Vol. 65 Issue 3, p597
Focuses on embryonic stem cell research, cloning, parthenogenesis and their moral aspects and treatment in U.S. jurisprudence. Description of stem cells and their relation to cloning; Ideas concerning respect for human life; Ethical issues involving stem cells from living persons or from...
- BIOTECH AND THEODICY: WHAT CAN AND WHAT OUGHT WE TO DO IN PROCREATIVE TECHNOLOGY? Ahlers, Rolf // Albany Law Review;2002, Vol. 65 Issue 3, p679
Discusses the philosophical and religious issues connected to the cloning of human embryos and fetuses. Theoretical issues underlying stem cell research; Nature of human beings; Kind of stem cell research that can be permitted.
- A COMPARATIVE LOOK AT THE U.S. AND BRITISH APPROACHES TO STEM CELL RESEARCH. Young, Cynthia Donley // Albany Law Review;2002, Vol. 65 Issue 3, p831
Provides a general overview of stem cell research. Ethical issues surrounding the research; U.S. federal regulation of research using embryos; Comparison between U.S. and British research approaches.
