Stem Cell Research : New Frontiers in Science and Ethics / edited by Nancy E. Snow.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Snow, Nancy E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and Medicine.

Ethics, Research.

Stem Cells.

Ethics, Medical.

Stem cells--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.

Stem cells.

Medical Subjects:

Religion and Medicine.

Ethics, Research.

Stem Cells.

Ethics, Medical.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume brings together essays by an internationally distinguished and diverse group of scholars. Contributors thoughtfully explore the ethical, public policy, and scientific implications of embryonic and adult stem cell research. Part one of the book offers a variety of scientific and public policy perspectives, including essays on stem cell plasticity and using umbilical cord blood as an alternative source of pluripotent stem cells. Part two vigorously examines the ethics of stem cell research and considers issues of social justice, morality, and public policy. Scientific alternatives, a natural law perspective regarding federal funding, and a discussion of the possible moral complicity of Catholic researchers are among the distinctive contributions made to the stem cell research debate by this collection. The objective and balanced discussions contained in this volume serve as an accessible introduction to the bioethical questions, issues, and problems surrounding stem cell research.

Contents:

The present and future of stem cell research: scientific, ethical, and public policy perspectives / David A. Prentice

Human embryonic stem cell research: ethics in the face of uncertainty / Kevin T. Fitzgerald

Stem cell research and religious freedom / John Langan

Umbilical cord blood, stem cells, and bone marrow transplantation / Ronald M. Kline

Stem cell plasticity: adult bone marrow stromal cells differentiate into neurons / Ira B. Black and Dale Woodbury

Stem cell ethics: lessons from the context / Karen Lebacqz

Levels of moral complicity in the act of human embryo destruction / Edward J. Furton

Stem cells and social ethics: some Catholic contributions / Lisa Sowle Cahill

The ethics and policy of embryonic stem cell research: a Catholic perspective / Richard M. Doerflinger.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-210).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780268093006

0268093008

OCLC:

966841832