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Authors: McGee, Glenn ; Caplan, Arthur L.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Comments on the conclusions of Geron's Ethics Advisory Board on the benefits of stem cells research. Failure of the Geron's report to elaborate the issues associated with the moral status of human stem cells; Distinction between ste...
Year: 1999

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-18 16:23

Stem Cells, Biotechnology, and Human Rights : Implications for a Posthuman Future

Authors: Lauritzen, Paul
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Argues that if stem cell interventions materialize along the lines described by their more avid proponents, it might upend our current ethical commitments, or at least undercut our commitment to them, in part because they might incl...
Year: 2005
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.2005.0026

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-18 16:14

Stem Cells from Skin Cells: The Ethical Questions

Authors: Insoo, Hyun
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: The article explores some of the ethical challenges that could undermine human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS) research. It discusses several ethical factors that should be considered when conducting an iPS research. It asserts ...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.2008.0004

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-10 17:33

Ethical and social considerations of stem cell research

Authors: McLaren, Anne
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nature
Abstract: 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 f...
Year: 2001
DOI: 10.1038/35102194

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-07 16:05

Ethics can boost science

Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nature
Abstract: Asserts that a report from a European ethics committee gives a valuable summary of the issues surrounding stem-cell research. Conclusion of the committee that the creation of embryos by somatic-cell nuclear transfer for research on ...
Year: 2000
DOI: 10.1038/35042706

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-07 15:53

Science and ethics must not be separated

Authors: Copland, Paul
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nature
Abstract: Comments on the article previously published in the 'Nature' journal about ethics and science. Requirement to be consistent and empirically justified in interpreting the actions of scientists; Reactions of non-specialist observers t...
Year: 2003
DOI: 10.1038/425121a

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-07 15:56

Saving Superman

Authors: Rubin, Lisa Marie ; VA Western New York Healthcare System, Formulary Management
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Using a combination of directed case method and role-playing in which students learn about their roles using the jigsaw technique, this case study teaches about the main concepts of stem cell research and therapy and the political a...
Year: 2003
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=558&id=558

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:49

The Case of Eric, Lou Gehrig’s Disease, and Stem Cell Research

Authors: McCain, Elizabeth R. ; Muhlenberg College, Biology Department
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Thirty-one-year-old Eric has begun to show signs of the debilitating and fatal neuromuscular disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Students follow Eric as he is examined by his physician and the...
Year: 2005
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=278&id=278

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:50

Stem Cells : Promises to Keep?

Authors: University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Division of Biological and Health Sciences ; Yaich, Lauren E.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Samantha and her husband Brad have two children, conceived with the help of in vitro fertilization treatments. After viewing a TV program on stem cells and their potential medical uses, Samantha is convinced that they should donate ...
Year: 2002
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=445&id=445

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:50

Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: An Argument for National Research Review

Authors: Baylis, Françoise ; Robert, Jason Scott
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance
Abstract: The US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recently published voluntary guidelines for human embryonic stem (hES) cell research. The NAS guidelines propose two levels of oversight. At the local level, research institutions are to cre...
Year: 2006
DOI: 10.1080/03605300600848136

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-25 17:39

Stem Cells : Recruitment of Egg Donors by South Korean Stem Cell Researchers

Authors: Science Daily ; Peterson, M. J.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This fictionalized case is based on the controversy surrounding a South Korean research scientist's recruitment of egg donors for his team's stem cell research from 2002-2005. The research team later came under international scrutin...
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.umass.edu/sts/ethics/egg.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-31 13:55

Saving Superman: Ethics and Stem Cell Research

Authors: Knutson, Doug ; National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, University at Buffalo ; Post, Doug M.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case explores the political and ethical issues associated with stem cell research. Students read the case describing Christopher Reeve’s accident and injuries and his advocacy for stem cell research along with background readin...
Year: 2006
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=491&id=491

Biblio - KBL781 - 2012-06-29 14:01

Salamander Superpowers : A Question of Regeneration

Authors: Stonefoot, Sarah G. ; National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, University at Buffalo
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case, developed for a course in human biology, provides students with a context for discussing stem cells and cloning by exploring regeneration in salamanders and the ethical as well as scientific and health-related issues of a...
Year: 2003
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=402&id=402

Biblio - KBL781 - 2012-06-29 13:57