Bioethics and the future of stem cell research

• Main Author: Hyun, Insoo 1970- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Cambridge University Press 2013
• Subjects: Stem Cell Research > ethics
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Despite years of heated social controversy over the use of human embryos in embryonic stem cell research, the caravan of stem cell science continues to proceed at an unrelenting pace all around the world. Bioethics and the Future of Stem Cell Research urges readers to look beyond the embryo debate t...

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• Machine generated contents note: 1. Prologue: The dogs bark but the caravan moves on; 2. A shifting terrain: The dynamics of stem cell research; 3. The golden bridle I: Philosophical research ethics; 4. The golden bridle II: Practical research ethics; 5. Pegasus and the Chimera: Stem cell-based animal research; 6. The limit case: Acute human/non-human neurological chimerism; 7. Human trials: Testing stem cell-based biologics in patients; 8. Still the sky is blue: Stem cell tourism and medical innovation.