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2021-07
Ted Peters
Renowned theologian Ted Peters defends the 14-day rule because it places human dignity and reverence for human life at the heart of the debate, providing a counterweight to the materialism and utilitarianism pervasive in scientific research.
2021-06
Brendan Foht
The editor of the New Atlantis writes a thought-provoking essay about what he perceives as a lack of limits in biomedical research, expressing concern for research on human-monkey chimeras, and by extension, the 14-day rule of embryo culture.
2021-06
Amander T. Clark , Ali Brivanlou , Jianping Fu , Kazuto Kato , Debra Mathews , Kathy K. Niakan , Nicolas Rivron , Mitinori Saitou , Azim Surani , Fuchou Tang , Janet Rossant
In this perspective, the authors, which include a member of the ISSCR, provide a summary of the recommendations of Working Group 2, the sub-committee in charge of updating the 2021 ISSCR guidelines pertaining to oversight processes and the categories of research.
2021-06
Robin Lovell-Badge , Eric Anthony , Roger A. Barker , Tania Bubela , Ali H. Brivanlou , Melissa Carpenter , R. Alta Charo , Amander Clark , Ellen Clayton , Yali Cong , George Q. Daley , Jianping Fu , Misao Fujita , Andy Greenfield , Steve A. Goldman , Lori Hill , Insoo Hyun , Rosario Isasi , Jeffrey Kahn , Kazuto Kato , Jin-Soo Kim , Jonathan Kimmelman , Jürgen A. Knoblich , Debra Mathews , Nuria Montserrat , Jack Mosher , Megan Munsie , Hiromitsu Nakauchi , Luigi Naldini , Gail Naughton , Kathy Niakan , Ubaka Ogbogu , Roger Pedersen , Nicolas Rivron , Heather Rooke , Janet Rossant , Jeff Round , Mitinori Saitou , Douglas Sipp , Julie Steffann , Jeremy Sugarman , Azim Surani , Jun Takahashi , Fuchou Tang , Leigh Turner , Patricia J. Zettler , Xiaomei Zhai
This document was written by the 45 members of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) task force charged with revising the Society’s guidelines for stem cell and related biological research.
2021-06
Josephine Johnston , Françoise Baylis , Henry T. Greely
The authors, renowned bioethicists, responded in June 2021 to the recent May update to the ISSCR guidelines.