Is this Cell a Human Being? : Exploring the Status of Embryos, Stem Cells and Human-Animal Hybrids /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2011. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Breakthrough in stem cell research? The reprogramming of somatic cells to pluripotent stem cells. Overview and outlook
- Pre-implantation stages of human development: the biological and moral status of early embryos
- Complete moles and parthenotes are not organisms
- Embryos grown in culture deserve the same moral status as embryos after implantation
- Distinguishing embryos from non-embryos
- Is the human embryo a person? On the status of cell entities produced through ANT
- Does a human being have a right to life? The debate on embryo research in Germany as a case study
- Interspecies mixtures and the status of humanity
- The boundaries of humanity: the ethics of human-animal chimeras in cloning and stem cell research
- Is this cell entity a human being? Neural activity, spiritual soul, and the status of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). .