Situated stem cell ethics: beyond good and bad.

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Regenerative MedicineVol. 12, No. 6 CommentarySituated stem cell ethics: beyond good and badJennifer A LiuJennifer A Liu*Author for correspondence: Tel.: +1 519 888 4567; ext. 33044; E-mail Address: Jennifer.liu@uwaterloo.ca Department of Anthropology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:4 Oct 2017https://doi.org/10.2217/rme-2017-0059AboutSectionsView ArticleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInReddit View articleKeywords: ethicsnuclear transferpolicypublic engagementregulationscience and technology studiesstem cell researchTaiwanReferences1 The White House. President Discusses Stem Cell Research (2001). https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/08/20010809–2.html.Google Scholar2 Thompson C. Asian Regeneration? Nationalism and Internationalism in Stem Cell Research in South Korea and Singapore. In: Asian Biotech: Ethics and Communities of Fate. Ong A, Chen N (Eds). Duke University Press, NC, USA, 95–117 (2010).Crossref, Google Scholar3 Ong A. Ecologies of Expertise: Assembling Flows, Managing Citizenship. In: Global Assemblages: Technology, Politics, and Ethics as Anthropological Problems. Ong A, Collier SJ (Eds). Blackwell, MA, USA, 337–353 (2005).Google Scholar4 Harding S. Whose Science? Whose Knowledge? Thinking from Women's Lives. Cornell University Press, NY, USA, 11 (1991).Google Scholar5 Douglas H. Science, Policy, and the Value-Free Ideal. University of Pittsburgh Press, PA, USA (2009).Crossref, Google Scholar6 Thompson C. Good Science: The Ethical Choreography of Stem Cell Research. MIT Press, MA, USA (2013).Crossref, Google Scholar7 Liu JA. Emerging science, emerging democracy: stem cell research and policy in Taiwan. Perspectives on Science 24(5), 609–636 (2016).Crossref, Google Scholar8 Connor S. Three-Parent Baby Pioneer Jamie Grifo: ‘The Brits Will be Ahead of the World’ (2015). www.independent.co.uk/news/threeparent-baby-pioneer-jamie-grifo-the-brits-will-be-ahead-of-the-world-9984192.html.Google Scholar9 Franklin S, Roberts C. Born and Made: An Ethnography of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis. Princeton University Press, NJ, USA (2006).Crossref, Google Scholar10 Human Fertilization and Embryo Authority. Mitochondria scientific review update: call for evidence (2016). www.hfea.gov.uk/docs/Mitochondria_scientific_review_update__call_for_evidence_2016.pdf.Google Scholar11 Catanzaro M. Human-rights court to rule on fertility-treatment ban (2012). www.nature.com/news/human-rights-court-to-rule-on-fertility-treatment-ban-1.11417.Crossref, Google Scholar12 CTV Montreal. Quebec health care law amendments broaden access to IVF (2015). http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-health-care-law-amendments-broaden-access-to-ivf-1.2391544.Google Scholar13 Bharadwaj A. Good science, bad science: panics and ethics surrounding stem cell technologies around the globe. Presented at: Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S). Buenos Aires, Argentina, 20–23 2014.Google Scholar14 Sample I. World's first baby born from new procedure using DNA of three people. Guardian 27 September (2016). https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/27/worlds-first-baby-born-using-dna-from-three-parents.Google Scholar15 Clarke P. Embryo donation/adoption: medical, legal and ethical perspectives. Internet J. Law Healthc. Ethics 5(2), 1–15 (2008).Google Scholar16 Fondation Brocher. www.brocher.ch.Google ScholarFiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited BySpecial focus issue on regenerative medicine in society: interdisciplinary perspectives (part I) – ForewordAchim Rosemann, Jan Barfoot & Clare Blackburn11 October 2017 | Regenerative Medicine, Vol. 12, No. 6 Vol. 12, No. 6 Follow us on social media for the latest updates Metrics Downloaded 135 times History Published online 4 October 2017 Published in print September 2017 Information© 2017 Future Medicine LtdKeywordsethicsnuclear transferpolicypublic engagementregulationscience and technology studiesstem cell researchTaiwanFinancial & competing interests disclosureThis paper was supported by the Brocher Foundation [16]. The author has no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.PDF download