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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 Sent from Nina's iPhone 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 > [log in to unmask] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn