Abstract
This paper describes the law and the ethical and administrative guidelines that govern the development and use of human stem cells in Australia. It explains the history of the regulatory framework, particularly the process of periodic review of the relevant legislation in light of changes in the science and community views. It highlights a number of ethical issues that have been contentious and the regulatory responses to date.
Keywords: Stem cells, ethics, law, policy, translation.
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Loane Skene ;Stem Cells and Translational Medicine: Ethics, Law, and Policy, Frontiers in Pluripotent Stem Cells Research and Therapeutic Potentials Bench-to-Bedside (2012) 1: 83. https://doi.org/10.2174/978160805289911201010083
DOI https://doi.org/10.2174/978160805289911201010083 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |