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Hooray for you, Nina. I hope you have an excellent outcome. Ray Rayilyn Brown Director AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation [log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------- From: "Nina P. Brown" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 7:12 AM To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Potential of iPS cells for reproductive purposes raises ethical questions > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn