Translational Stem Cell Research Issues Beyond the Debate on the Mor
For many years, the ethical discussion surrounding human embryonic stem cell research has focused on the moral status of the embryo. This text takes a wider moral berth and focuses on numerous ethical, legal and social aspects involved in translating the
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Kristina Hug • Göran Hermerén Editors
Translational Stem Cell Research Issues Beyond the Debate on the Moral Status of the Human Embryo
Editors Kristina Hug University of Lund Department of Medical Ethics 221 84 Lund Sweden [email protected]
Göran Hermerén University of Lund Department of Medical Ethics 221 84 Lund Sweden [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-60761-958-1 e-ISBN 978-1-60761-959-8 DOI 10.1007/978-1-60761-959-8 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibil-ity for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or im-plied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Humana Press is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
For many years, the discussion of the ethical aspects of human embryonic stem cell research focused on only one question: the moral status of the embryo. It soon became clear that there were three or four different basic positions, the arguments became well-known and were discussed over and over again, and the likelihood that any interesting new arguments would appear decreased over time. In this book, we want to show that research on human embryonic stem cells, as well as research on stem cells of other kinds, also raise other issues that deserve to be discussed, over and above the issue on the moral status of the embryo, where little progress has been made during the last decade. The various parts of this book identify such issues and discuss ways of dealing with them. The focus of this book, as indicated by its title, is on translational stem cell research, that is, not in the first place on stem cell research aiming at new, basic knowledge of stem cell biology. Instead, the focus is on ethical, legal, and social aspects of research, which aims at paving the way for clinical applications and translating the results of stem cell research into diagnostic and therapeutic appli
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