Ethical Issues in Stem Cell Research Export

@article{citeulike:6009015, abstract = {Stem cell research offers great promise for understanding basic mechanisms of human development and differentiation, as well as the hope for new treatments for diseases such as diabetes, spinal cord injury, Parkinson's disease, and myocardial infarction. However, human stem cell (hSC) research also raises sharp ethical and political controversies. The derivation of pluripotent stem cell lines from oocytes and embryos is fraught with disputes about the onset of human personhood. The reprogramming of somatic cells to produce induced pluripotent stem cells avoids the ethical problems specific to embryonic stem cell research. In any hSC research, however, difficult dilemmas arise regarding sensitive downstream research, consent to donate materials for hSC research, early clinical trials of hSC therapies, and oversight of hSC research. These ethical and policy issues need to be discussed along with scientific challenges to ensure that stem cell research is carried out in an ethically appropriate manner. This article provides a critical analysis of these issues and how they are addressed in current policies. 10.1210/er.2008-0031}, author = {Lo, Bernard and Parham, Lindsay}, citeulike-article-id = {6009015}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/er.2008-0031}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://edrv.endojournals.org/content/30/3/204.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://edrv.endojournals.org/content/30/3/204.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19366754}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19366754}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1210/er.2008-0031}, journal = {Endocr Rev}, keywords = {cells, ethical, issues, stem}, month = {May}, number = {3}, pages = {204--213}, posted-at = {2009-11-03 12:30:17}, priority = {4}, title = {Ethical Issues in Stem Cell Research}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/er.2008-0031}, volume = {30}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6009015 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6009015 N2 - Stem cell research offers great promise for understanding basic mechanisms of human development and differentiation, as well as the hope for new treatments for diseases such as diabetes, spinal cord injury, Parkinson's disease, and myocardial infarction. However, human stem cell (hSC) research also raises sharp ethical and political controversies. The derivation of pluripotent stem cell lines from oocytes and embryos is fraught with disputes about the onset of human personhood. The reprogramming of somatic cells to produce induced pluripotent stem cells avoids the ethical problems specific to embryonic stem cell research. In any hSC research, however, difficult dilemmas arise regarding sensitive downstream research, consent to donate materials for hSC research, early clinical trials of hSC therapies, and oversight of hSC research. These ethical and policy issues need to be discussed along with scientific challenges to ensure that stem cell research is carried out in an ethically appropriate manner. This article provides a critical analysis of these issues and how they are addressed in current policies. 10.1210/er.2008-0031 IS - 3 JF - Endocr Rev EP - 213 TI - Ethical Issues in Stem Cell Research VL - 30 SP - 204 KW - cells KW - ethical KW - issues KW - stem AU - Lo, Bernard AU - Parham, Lindsay PY - 2009/05/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/er.2008-0031 ER -