Is this Cell a Human Being?
Exploring the Status of Embryos, Stem Cells and Human-Animal Hybrids
(Sprache: Englisch)
The debate over the status of the human embryo has a high profile worldwide, yet this is the first book to comprehensively cover recent developments and rigorously explore the features of a cell entity that are prerequisites to designating it as a human being.
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The debate over the status of the human embryo has a high profile worldwide, yet this is the first book to comprehensively cover recent developments and rigorously explore the features of a cell entity that are prerequisites to designating it as a human being.
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Debates regarding the status of the human embryo have captured considerable attention worldwide, but this is the first book to comprehensively draw on recent developments to rigorously explore the features allowing us to decide whether a cell entity is a human being.
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Introduction.- Breakthrough in stem cell research? The reprogramming of somatic cells to pluripotent stem cells. Overview and outlook.- Pre-implantation stages of human development: the biological and moral status of early embryos.- Complete moles and parthenotes are not organisms.- Embryos grown in culture deserve the same moral status as embryos after implantation.- Distinguishing embryos from non-embryos.- Is the human embryo a person? On the status of cell entities produced through ANT.- Does a human being have a right to life? The debate on embryo research in Germany as a case study.- Interspecies mixtures and the status of humanity.- The boundaries of humanity: the ethics of human-animal chimeras in cloning and stem cell research.- Is this cell entity a human being? Neural activity, spiritual soul, and the status of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).Bibliographische Angaben
- 2011, X, 209 Seiten, Maße: 16 x 24,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Antoine Suarez, Joachim Huarte
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3642207715
- ISBN-13: 9783642207716
- Erscheinungsdatum: 03.08.2011
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Englisch
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From the reviews:"This book begins with an accurate synopsis of stem cell research, embryological development, genetic modification, and the scientific perspectives on the definition of death. ... The book also addresses ethical issues related to animal rights. Current primary references are provided with each chapter, and there is a glossary of philosophical and scientific terms used in the book at the end. ... A useful acquisition for bioethics, public policy, and law collections. Summing Up: Recommended. Academic, professional, and general readers, all levels." (B. R. Shmaefsky, Choice, Vol. 49 (5), January, 2012)
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From the reviews:"This book begins with an accurate synopsis of stem cell research, embryological development, genetic modification, and the scientific perspectives on the definition of death. ... The book also addresses ethical issues related to animal rights. Current primary references are provided with each chapter, and there is a glossary of philosophical and scientific terms used in the book at the end. ... A useful acquisition for bioethics, public policy, and law collections. Summing Up: Recommended. Academic, professional, and general readers, all levels." (B. R. Shmaefsky, Choice, Vol. 49 (5), January, 2012)
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