The regulation of human blastoid research: A bioethical discussion of the limits of regulation

Tsutomu Sawai; Kyoko Akatsuka; Go Okui; Tomohiro Minakawa

doi:10.15252/embr.202256045

The regulation of human blastoid research: A bioethical discussion of the limits of regulation

EMBO Rep. 2022 Oct 6;23(10):e56045. doi: 10.15252/embr.202256045. Epub 2022 Sep 14.

Authors

Tsutomu Sawai^{1

2}, Kyoko Akatsuka³, Go Okui², Tomohiro Minakawa⁴

Affiliations

¹ Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
² Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (ASHBi), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
³ Uehiro Research Division for iPS Cell Ethics, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
⁴ Department of Cellular and Tissue Communication, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

The creation of human blastoids holds great potential for research on early human development but also raises considerations about the ethics of such research and its regulation.

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