The environments of stem cells-- biology, ethics and policy
Tags: STEM cells -- Moral & ethical aspects; RESEARCH institutes; EMBRYONIC stem cells -- Research -- Moral & ethical aspects; MEDICAL ethics
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- Why is Ottawa so scared of the stem cell? Gray, Charlotte // CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal;4/16/2002, Vol. 166 Issue 8, p1074
Reports on the debate between politicians and scientists over the ethics of embryonic stem cell research in Ottawa, Ontario. Outrage sparked by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) when it published guidelines on the research; Way that it has turned into a parlimentary reform...
- Embryonic stem cells: The end doesn't justify the means. Lee, Jacqueline // U.S. Catholic;Jan2002, Vol. 67 Issue 1, p24
Argues that the promise of treating many diseases held by stem cell research can never justify the destruction of human life in the process. Main advantages of embryonic stem cells, according to its supporters; Percent of Catholics surveyed that support stem cell research; Principles that...
- What happened to the stem cells? Hviid Nielsen, T. // Journal of Medical Ethics;Dec2008, Vol. 34 Issue 12, p852
Five partly successive and partly overlapping framings have dominated the public debate about human embryonic stem cells since they first were "derived" a decade ago. Geron Corporation staged the initial framings as 1) basic research and 2) medical hope, but these two were immediately refuted...
- BREAKING NEW GROUND ON STEM CELLS. Oz, Mehmet C. // Saturday Evening Post;Mar/Apr2007, Vol. 279 Issue 2, p90
The author offers his opinion on the subject of the ethics of human embryonic stem cell research. The author discusses when life may begin in a human embryo. The author discusses research about when an embryo dies as a touchstone for the question of when an embryo begins life. The author...
- Stem-Cell Research — Signposts and Roadblocks. Okie, Susan // New England Journal of Medicine;7/7/2005, Vol. 353 Issue 1, p1
The article presents information on the ethics guidelines for embryonic stem-cell research issued by the U.S. National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine in April 2005. The guidelines follow the position that the cloning of humans for reproductive purposes should be banned but...
- The California Stem Cell Initiative: Persuasion, Politics, and Public Science. Adelson, Joel W.; Weinberg, Joanna K. // American Journal of Public Health;Mar2010, Vol. 100 Issue 3, p446
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) was created by a California ballot initiative to make stem cell research a constitutional right, in response to Bush administration restrictions on stem cell research. The initiative created a taxpayer-funded, multibillion-dollar...
- Stem cell stories: from bedside to bench. Woods, S. // Journal of Medical Ethics;Dec2008, Vol. 34 Issue 12, p845
The stem cell story is not a simple story but a complex narrative: one that requires careful analysis in order to identify major themes and plots. This paper offers an analysis of the ethics of the clinical application of stem cells and argues that even quite risky therapies can be ethical....
- ZYGOTES & BLASTOCYSTS. Callahan, Sidney // Commonweal;6/14/2002, Vol. 129 Issue 12, p7
Comments on the debate on whether to protect human zygotes, blastocyts and embryos from manipulation or loss. Description on human zygotes; Arguments of pro-research groups; Position of the Catholic Church to experiments with human life.
- HELPING HAND. Scholl, David // Commonweal;4/24/2009, Vol. 136 Issue 8, p4
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