Stem Cell Dialogues: A Philosophical and Scientific Inquiry Into Medical Frontiers
Stem Cell Dialogues: A Philosophical and Scientific Inquiry Into Medical Frontiers
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Abstract
“Stem cells” have become linked with both new frontiers in medical science and political and ethical controversy. The field, along with the emerging area of regenerative medicine, is creating the conditions for a time when damaged tissue and organs might be repaired through personalized cell therapy as easily as the body repairs itself, therefore revolutionizing the treatment of numerous diseases. Yet to obtain human embryonic stem cells, scientists must destroy human embryos—a prospect that has provoked intense reactions among the American public. Addressing the moral and ethical issues of stem cell research while also educating readers about the biological function and medical applications of these cells, this book features fictional characters engaging in compelling inquiry and debate. Participants investigate the scientific, political, and socio-ethical dimensions of stem cell science using actual language, analysis, and arguments taken from scientific, philosophical, and popular literature. Each dialogue centers on a specific, recognizable topic, such as the policies implemented by the George W. Bush administration restricting the use of embryonic stem cells; the potential role of stem cells in personalized medicine; the ethics of cloning; and the sale of eggs and embryos. Additionally, speakers debate the use of stem cells to treat paralysis, diabetes, stroke effects, macular degeneration, and cancer.
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Front Matter
- Dialogue 1 Hope
- Dialogue 2 Why is this Cell Different from Other Cells?
- Dialogue 3 The President’s Stem Cells
- Dialogue 4 The Dickey-Wicker Enigma
- Dialogue 5 The Moral Status of Embryos
- Dialogue 6 Creating Good from Immoral Acts
- Dialogue 7 Circumventing Embryocide
- Dialogue 8 My Personalized Beta Cells for Diabetes
- Dialogue 9 Repairing Brain Cells in Stroke Victims
- Dialogue 10 Reversing Macular Degeneration
- Dialogue 11 My Stem Cells, My Cancer
- Dialogue 12 Reprogramming Cells
- Dialogue 13 My Personalized Disease Cells
- Dialogue 14 To Clone or not to Clone: That is the Question
- Dialogue 15 Patenting Human Embryonic Stem Cells is Immoral and Illegal (In Europe)
- Dialogue 16 My Embryo is Auctioned on the Internet
- Dialogue 17 Here Comes the Egg Man: Oocytes & Embryos.org
- Dialogue 18 Human-Animal Chimeras and Hybrids
- Dialogue 19 Stem Cell Tourism
- Dialogue 20 Social Media Meet Science Hype
- Dialogue 21 Feminism and the Commercialization of Human Eggs/Embryos
- Dialogue 22 Was My Birth Embryo Me?
- Dialogue 23 Embryos without Ovaries
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Dialogue 24
How My Cells Became Drugs
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Dialogue 25
A Clinical Trial for Paralysis Treatment
- Epilogue
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End Matter
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