The empirical embryo
Building on his presentation at the 2024 PET Annual Conference, Julian Hitchcock discusses how best to define the human embryo for the purposes of law and regulation...
A stem-cell-based embryo models (SCBEM) is a coherent multicellular structure that – in some respects – resembles an embryo in the earliest stages of development.
SCBEMs are created in the laboratory from stem cells, rather than from eggs and sperm.
Building on his presentation at the 2024 PET Annual Conference, Julian Hitchcock discusses how best to define the human embryo for the purposes of law and regulation...
The third session of the PET 2024 Annual Conference, 'What Is the Embryo's Special Status in Law?', examined human embryos from a legal perspective...
by Jen Willows
The fourth session of the PET 2024 Annual Conference, 'What Is the Embryo's Special Status in the Lab?', tackled ethical aspects of the status of the human embryo...
by Jen Willows
The second session of the PET 2024 Annual Conference, 'What Is the Embryo's Special Status in the Lab?', focused on the opportunities and challenges presented by using human embryos in research...
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has published recommendations calling for clear legislative action to differentiate stem cell-based embryos from embryos and to safeguard against ethical breaches...
by Rithika Bose
Stem-cell-based embryo models should be distinguished explicitly from human embryos in UK law, according to a UK bioethics organisation...
Stem cell models of early preimplantation human embryos have been shown to retain the capacity to pause development, using a mechanism observed in other mammals...
Specialist in the law and regulation of cells, tissues and genes, Julian Hitchcock writes in response to Professor Søren Holm's comment discussing the oversight system proposed in the SCBEM Code of Practice...
Professor of Bioethics at the University of Manchester, Søren Holm, discusses the oversight system proposed in the SCBEM Code of Practice...
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