Format:
Online-Ressource (X, 209p. 7 illus., 1 illus. in color, digital)
ISBN:
9783642207723
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Content:
Joachim Huarte
Content:
The central question of this book is whether or not particular cell entities of human origin ought to be considered human beings. The answer is crucial for making moral decisions for or against research and experimentation. Experts in the field discuss the production of embryonic-like pluripotent stem cells by altered nuclear transfer, parthenogenesis and reprogramming of adult somatic cells. They thoroughly analyse the biological and moral status of different cell entities, such as human stem cells, embryos and human-animal hybrid embryos, and make a decisive step towards establishing final c
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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CONTENTS; 1 Introduction; 2 Breakthrough in Stem Cell Research? The Reprogrammingof Somatic Cells to Pluripotent Stem Cells:Overview and Outlook; 3 Preimplantation Stages of Human Development: The Biologicaland Moral Status of Early Embryos; 4 Complete Moles and Parthenotes Are Not Organisms; 5 Embryos Grown in Culture Deserve the Same Moral Statusas Embryos After Implantation; 6 Distinguishing Embryos from Non-embryos; 7 On the Status of Human Embryos and Cellular Entities ProducedThrough ANT: Are They Persons?
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8 Does a Human Being Have a Right to Life? The Debateon Embryo Research in Germany as a Case Study9 Interspecies Mixtures and the Status of Humanity; 10 The Boundaries of Humanity: The Ethics of Human-AnimalChimeras in Cloning and Stem Cell Research; 11 Is this Cell Entity a Human Being? Neural Activity, SpiritualSoul, and the Status of the Inner Cell Mass and PluripotentStem Cells; Glossary; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783642207716
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Is this cell a human being? Berlin : Springer, 2011 ISBN 3642207715
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783642207716
Language:
English
Subjects:
Biology
Keywords:
Embryo
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Stammzelle
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Medizinische Ethik
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Menschenbild
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Konferenzschrift
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-20772-3
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