Response to the ISSCR guidelines on human–animal chimera research
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) has recently released the 2021 update of its guidelines. The update includes detailed new recommendations on human–animal chimera research. This paper argues that the ISSCR recommendations fail to address the core ethical concerns raised by ne...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2023
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Bioethics
Year: 2023, Volume: 37, Issue: 2, Pages: 192-198 |
IxTheo Classification: | NBE Anthropology NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics NCH Medical ethics |
Further subjects: | B
Stem Cells
B chimeras B Moral Status B Neuroethics |
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Summary: | The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) has recently released the 2021 update of its guidelines. The update includes detailed new recommendations on human–animal chimera research. This paper argues that the ISSCR recommendations fail to address the core ethical concerns raised by neurological chimeras—namely, concerns about moral status. In minimising moral status concerns, the ISSCR both breaks rank with other major reports on human–animal chimera research and rely on controversial claims about the grounds of moral status that many people will rightly reject. A more robust framework for regulating human–animal chimera research still needs to be developed. |
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ISSN: | 1467-8519 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Bioethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/bioe.13104 |