Abstract
New techniques in regenerative medicine may soon enable the creation of human organs inside animals using induced pluripotent stem cells. This technology has the potential to solve the organ scarcity problem by providing a limitless source of personalised organs for transplantation, but also raises several ethical issues, particularly concerning animal welfare, the 'human features' problem and human dignity.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 970-974 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Medical Ethics |
Volume | 41 |
Issue number | 12 |
Early online date | 5 Nov 2014 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2015 |
Keywords
- PLURIPOTENT STEM-CELLS
- GENERATION
- XENOTRANSPLANTATION
- MEGAKARYOCYTES
- PLATELETS
- PANCREAS