Human embryonic stem cell research debates: a Confucian argument

Human embryonic stem cell research debates: a confucian argument.

Human embryonic stem cell research can bring about major biomedical breakthroughs and thus contribute enormously to human welfare, yet it raises serious moral problems because it involves using human embryos for experiment. The "moral status of the human embryo" remains the core of such debates. Three different positions regarding the moral status of the human embryo can be categorised: the "al...

GLOBAL MEDICAL ETHICS Human embryonic stem cell research debates: a Confucian argument

Human embryonic stem cell research can bring about major biomedical breakthroughs and thus contribute enormously to human welfare, yet it raises serious moral problems because it involves using human embryos for experiment. The ‘‘moral status of the human embryo’’ remains the core of such debates. Three different positions regarding the moral status of the human embryo can be categorised: the ‘...

Fellowships: Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Bonn Risk Index (BRI) is being used for the assessment of urinary calcium oxalate (CaOx) crystallization. There are no published data regarding BRI during growth. The objective of this study was to establish ageand sex-dependent BRI values in healthy children and adolescents. A total of 1,050 Caucasian subjects aged 3– 18 years (525 males, 525 females) without a history of kidney stone disease ...

A scientific rationale for human embryonic stem cell research.

Human embryonic stem cell (hESC) and human embryo research.

Human embryonic stem cell research has emerged as an important platform for the understanding and treatment of pediatric diseases. From its inception, however, it has raised ethical concerns based not on the use of stem cells themselves but on objections to the source of the cells--specifically, the destruction of preimplantation human embryos. Despite differences in public opinion on this issu...