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KMID : 1172020120130010041
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Journal of Korean Bioethics Association
2012 Volume.13 No. 1 p.41 ~ p.49
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Arising Ethical and Legal Challenges of Human Stem Cells
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Baik Su-Jin
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Abstract
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The purpose of this paper is to present the problem of ethical and legal arguments in using of Human Stem Cells. Stem cell research provides the charming promise for the hope for new treatments for diseases such as diabetes, spinal cord injury, and Parkinson’s disease etc. Currently, they are no known effective treatment.
Human embryonic stem cell research has raised strong debates about the moral status and destroying human embryos. However, there are important ethical issues related to stem cell research that are unrelated th embryo destruction. For example, the reprogramming of somatic cell to produce induced pluripotent stem cells avoids the ethical issues specific to embryonic stem cell research. However, there are difficult dilemmas including informed consent, timing of consent, protecting privacy and right of donors. Especially, Fist-in-human experiments with cell-based interventions also raise important ethical questions. These include obligations to have adequate preclinical evidence regarding the safety. These ethical and legal issues need to be discussed along with scientific development to ensure that stem cell research is carried out in an ethically appropriate manner. It need to consider the ethical and legal issues that arise at different phase of stem cell research.
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KEYWORD
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Human Stem Cells, Ethical issues, legal issues, stem cell research, stem cell therapy, arising challenges
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