The International Society for Stem Cell Research's newly released guidelines aim to address new ethical challenges posed by stem cell advances such as model embryos and human-monkey hybrid embryos.
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Scientists called on Wednesday for a key 14-day time limit for growing human embryos in the lab to be relaxed as they outlined new ethical guidelines for the fast-changing world of stem cell.
FILM: Sandy Starr and Professor Robin Lovell-Badge discuss embryo and stem cell research guidelines
This film documents a conversation between Sandy Starr (deputy director of the Progress Educational Trust, or PET, the charity that publishes BioNews) and Professor Robin Lovell-Badge (chair of trustees at PET) about embryo and stem cell research.
Professor Lovell-Badge chaired the task force that developed the latest guidelines of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, and he discusses those guidelines here.
If you cannot see the film below, click here to view it.
The main themes of the conversation are as follows.
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26 May 2021 - by Sandy Starr