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PARKINSN  December 2009, Week 2

PARKINSN December 2009, Week 2

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Re: Potential of iPS cells for reproductive purposes raises ethical questions

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"Nina P. Brown" <[log in to unmask]>

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Parkinson's Information Exchange Network <[log in to unmask]>

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Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:12:23 -0800

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Just can't believe it took then so to figure it out.

Just had DBS in I MRI in SF with dr Starr.
Still recouperating.
Nina


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On Dec 11, 2009, at 12:41 PM, rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I wondered how long it would take before someone figured this out.
> Like IVF, gametes for reproduction OK, but not for cures. Don't
> you just want to give up?
>
> Ray
>
> Ethical Questions Are Being Raised in Stem Cell Research
> ScienceDaily (Dec. 11, 2009) - A groundbreaking discovery two years
> ago that turned ordinary skin cells back into an embryonic or
> "pluripotent" state was hailed as the solution to the controversial
> ethical question that has plagued stem-cell science for the past
> decade.
>
> But is it the solution? Or have iPS cells (induced pluripotent stem
> cells) simply added a new dimension to the legal, social and ethical
> debates that are an important and necessary part of stem-cell
> advances.
> This was the central question discussed by an international group of
> leading scientists, bioethicists and legal scholars who attended a
> workshop organized by the Stem Cell Network this summer in
> Barcelona. Outcomes of the workshop will be published Dec. 10 in the
> journal Cell. Among the issues summarized in the article are
> consent, privacy, clinical translation and intellectual property
> rights for iPS cells that are derived for scientific study and/or
> clinical therapies.
>
> Timothy Caulfield, research director at the University of Alberta's
> Health Law Institute and principal investigator at the Stem Cell
> Network, says that while iPS technology eliminates some of the
> ethical issues specific to embryonic stem-cell research it also adds
> new challenges.
>
> "From a legal perspective, iPS technology is fascinating and
> complex. For example, if an iPS cell can be made into a functional
> human gamete, the potential exists for reproductive purposes. What
> would this mean for donor consent, concerns about cloning and rights
> of a potential child to know its parents," said Caulfield.
>
> "What could this mean to assisted reproduction practices and would-
> be parents with no other option? If anything, we know considerable
> thought and policy development needs to be placed around these and
> other issues."
>
> Michael Rudnicki, scientific director of the Stem Cell Network,
> agrees and says the promise of stem cell advances using iPS cells is
> staggering. "If iPS cells can be made safe for clinical therapies,
> it will ultimately make the delivery faster and more economical. But
> as a scientist I am cautious. So much is based on future prospects
> and there is much work that needs to be done in the labs before it
> becomes a therapeutic reality," says Rudnicki.
>
> Adapted from materials provided by University of Alberta, via
> EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS.
>
>
>
> University of Alberta (2009, December 11). New ethical questions are
> being raised in stem cell research. ScienceDaily. Retrieved December
> 11, 2009, from http://www.sciencedaily
> Rayilyn Brown
> Director AZNPF
> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
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