Human embryonic stem cells: research, ethics and policy.

The case against federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research.

Mind the gap: policy approaches to embryonic stem cell and cloning research in 50 countries.

In his Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle highlighted the connection between ethics and politics. This intersection between ethics and public policy remains important more than two thousand years later. For instance, in the stem cell and cloning debate, the boundaries between science, religion, ethics and politics are often blurred. The recent adoption of the United NationsDeclaration on Human Cloni...

An ethical defense of federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research.

The once and future debate on human embryonic stem cell research.

A scientific rationale for human embryonic stem cell research.

Human embryonic stem cell science and policy: The case of Iran☆

The paper is based on a large qualitative study of ethics, policy and regulation of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) science in Iran. This case study in five academic research centres used semi-structured interviews to examine in depth the views of stem cell scientists, embryologists and ethics committee members on hESC research policy in this Shia Muslim country. Although Iran's policy approac...