Regenerative Medicine Ethics: Governing Research and Knowledge Practices [Hardcover]

This book puts the ethics, policy and politics of stem cells into context in a way that helps readers understand why past and current issues have developed the way they have and what the implications are for their work going forward. It also addresses emerging issues as the field progresses towards clinical and industrial uses.

While there is a superabundance of material on the ethics of embryo use and questions of embryonic personhood, there is little that covers what practicing scientists and managers need to know in order to plan and execute responsible research. Furthermore, researchers funded by the NIH are required to have ethics training as a condition of the grant. As such, this book is an essential resource to all of these pre-professional students whether they plan to move into industry, government or academia.

This book examines vital issues in the governance of regenerative medicine, including data sharing, patenting of human biological material, managing collaborations, obtaining consent from biospecimen donors, and accessing biorepository data.

Part I:?Foresight, hindsight and peripheral vision: Navigating contemporary legal, ethical and Policy issues in Regenerative Medicine.-?Contemporary dilemmas facing regenerative medicine researchers: an overview.- Characterizing International Stem Cell Research Niches.- Policies and practices to enhance multi-sectorial collaborations and commercialization of regenerative medicine.- The Patenting Landscape for Human Embryonic Stem Cells.- Repositories for Sharing Human Data in Stem Cell Research.- PART II: Research Integrity: Updates for Regenerative Medicine Researchers.-?Beyond the Checkboxes: Research Integrity for Regenerative Medicine Researchers.- Protecting Human Participants in the Procurement of Materials in Regenerative?Medicine Research.- Early-Stage Research: Issues in Design and Ethics.&lló0