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Stem Cells and Tissue EngineeringEthical Aspects of Stem Cell Research

Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering: Ethical Aspects of Stem Cell Research [Stem cell biology is an extremely active field in biology, not only from a scientific but also from the political, social, and ethical perspective. It is well known that ethical aspect involves for many strong argument that using embryonic stem cells is equal to homicide. The other argument is: How one can give embryonic stem cells to somebody, when the immune system will not tolerate “nonself”? This obstacle was overcome by the concept of therapeutic cloning, in which the nucleus of stem cell (through microsurgery) is replaced by patient’s nucleus (nuclear transfer). In that way, embryonic body (which is in cytoplasm of the zygot and will give stem cells) will be “supervised” by patient’s genetic codes and orchestrate patient’s coding of specific proteins. They will not be foreign to immune system and will not affect the engraftment.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Stem Cells and Tissue EngineeringEthical Aspects of Stem Cell Research

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Publisher
Springer New York
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© The Author(s) 2013
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978-1-4614-5504-2
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27 –28
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10.1007/978-1-4614-5505-9_7
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[Stem cell biology is an extremely active field in biology, not only from a scientific but also from the political, social, and ethical perspective. It is well known that ethical aspect involves for many strong argument that using embryonic stem cells is equal to homicide. The other argument is: How one can give embryonic stem cells to somebody, when the immune system will not tolerate “nonself”? This obstacle was overcome by the concept of therapeutic cloning, in which the nucleus of stem cell (through microsurgery) is replaced by patient’s nucleus (nuclear transfer). In that way, embryonic body (which is in cytoplasm of the zygot and will give stem cells) will be “supervised” by patient’s genetic codes and orchestrate patient’s coding of specific proteins. They will not be foreign to immune system and will not affect the engraftment.]

Published: Oct 1, 2012

Keywords: Stem Cells; Stem Cell Biology; Embryonic Body; Nuclear Transfer; Nonself

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