Stem cell ethics and policy: What's old is new again

Insoo Hyun

doi:10.1016/j.medj.2022.11.008

Stem cell ethics and policy: What's old is new again

Med. 2022 Dec 9;3(12):820-823. doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2022.11.008.

Author

Insoo Hyun¹

Affiliation

¹ Center for Life Sciences and Public Learning, Museum of Science, Boston, MA, USA; Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: ihyun@mos.org.

PMID: 36495862
DOI: 10.1016/j.medj.2022.11.008

Abstract

Stem cells are increasingly being used to model human development and disease in the form of self-organizing embryo models, brain organoids, and neurological chimeras. These new research directions are resurrecting old embryo debates around moral status and personhood. Hyun considers how these old questions are tackled in these new contexts.

MeSH terms

Beginning of Human Life*
Embryo Research*
Humans
Moral Obligations
Personhood
Stem Cells