The trouble with embryos
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21237201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francoise Baylis, Françoise Βaylis (0000-0003-2961-5802), Timothy Krahn |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 31-54 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science & Technology Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2243-4690 • E-ISSN: 2243-4690 |
| Publisher | Science and Technology Studies (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.23987/sts.55238 |
| OpenAlex | W2188757662 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 16 |
In an effort to quell ongoing debate about the ethics of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research, there have been concerted efforts to develop ethical standards for both embryo and hESC research and to entrench these standards in law. Surprisingly these efforts have not included efforts at standardizing the meaning of the pivotal term ‘embryo’. This paper reviews the legal framework for embryo research in the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany and highlights the absence of any agreed upon standard for what counts as a human embryo. This is an important lacuna, especially in light of the most recent advances in stem cell research involving the reprogramming of human somatic cell nuclei to generate human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells
Biology · Cell · Embryo · Embryonic stem cell · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Induced pluripotent stem cell · Political science · Reprogramming · Somatic cell · Stem cell · Biomedical Ethics and Regulation · CRISPR and Genetic Engineering · Engineering · Law · Philosophy · Pluripotent Stem Cells Research · Cell Biology · Genetics
Designs on Nature
Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Derived from Human Blastocysts
Our Posthuman Future
Stem Cell Politics
So, what is an embryo?” A comparative study of the views of those asked to donate embryos for hESC research in the UK and Switzerland
Heterogeneous assemblages of bioethics and science
Human embryos as boundary objects? Some reflections on the biomedical worlds of embryonic stem cells and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis
Stem Cell Scientists' Discursive Strategies for Cognitive Authority
Converting Ethics into Reason
Stem Cells through Stem Beliefs
Therapeutic Promise in the Discourse of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Stem Cells, Tissue Cultures and the Production of Biovalue
What is the preimplantation embryo
(Re)constructing embryos in stem cell research
Culturing Biology
Remaking Eden. Cloning and beyond in a Brave New World
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2011 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |