Brain Organoids in Research and Therapy Fundamental Ethical and Legal Aspects
This volume elucidates the pivotal ethical and legal issues arising from the use of brain organoids for research, therapeutic and enhancement purposes. The function of the human brain is still a mystery. Until recently, only post-mortem tissue was available for a structural examination of the brain....
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2022, 2022
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2022 |
| Series: | Advances in Neuroethics
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1) Introductory Remarks
- Part I) Scientific Background
- Chapter 2) Development of Brain Organoids on the Basis of Genome-Edited iPSC-Derived Brain Cells
- Chapter 3) Cell-Based Therapy and Genome Editing in Parkinson's Disease: Quo Vadis
- Part II) The Status Debate
- Chapter 4) Human Cerebral Organoids: Evolving Entities and Their Moral Status
- Chapter 5). Legal perspective: What is, or Should Be, the Legal Status of Brain Organoids?
- Part III) The Informed Consent Challenge
- Chapter 6) Ethical Perspective: Ethics Considerations Regarding Donors’ and Patients’ Consent
- Chapter 7) The Legal Perspective: The Legal Requirements for—and Limits to—the Donor’s and the Patient’s Consent
- Part IV) The Chimera Issue
- Chapter 8) Moral Permissibility of Transplantation of Human Brain Organoids into Animals
- Chapter 9) Transplantation of Human Brain Organoids into Animals - The Legal Issues
- Part V) The Enhancement Conundrum
- Chapter 10) Building a Better Beast: Enhancing the Minds of Animals
- Chapter 11) Legal Arguments in Favour of and Against Neuroenhancement by Means of Brain Organoids
- Part VI) The Harmonization Problem
- Chapter 12) Legal Perspective: A Global Harmonisation of Legal Standards for Brain Organoid Research and Therapy?.