Chimeras: an ethical consideration

User Centric Systems: Ethical Consideration

User-centric systems call for novel methods and tools for a tight and implicit man machine interaction. Often highly personalized system are sensitive and reactive to user psychological, social and physical situation. However providing such a support may cross the barriers of our privacy or may have impacts on us that we do not necessarily agree upon.

Ethical consideration in School Based Management

Metaphysical and ethical perspectives on creating animal-human chimeras.

This paper addresses several questions related to the nature, production, and use of animal-human (a-h) chimeras. At the heart of the issue is whether certain types of a-h chimeras should be brought into existence, and, if they are, how we should treat such creatures. In our current research environment, we recognize a dichotomy between research involving nonhuman animal subjects and research i...

Is it ethical to generate human-animal chimeras?

In 2003, The American Journal of Bioethics posted a cadre of responses to a target article discussing the ethics of human-animal chirneras.1 I concur with the prominently expressed opinion that, should this sort of developmental manipulation generate an end product that is human or quasi-animal, its breach of the animalhuman species boundary would be unethical. I take exception, however, to the...

A pragmatic consideration of ethical issues relating to personal genomics.

At 23andMe, we welcome opportunities to discuss ways in which we can balance the need to educate and protect consumers with our intertwined missions: giving people access to their own personal genetic information (PGI), and creating a novel, participant-driven research model. As the president of the American College of Medical Genetics recently noted, “the train has left the station,” no matter...