Chimeras, hybrids, and interspecies research : politics and policymaking /

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"Discussions of early interspecies research, in which cells or DNA are interchanged between humans and nonhumans at early stages of development, can often devolve into sweeping statements, colorful imagery, and confusing policy. Although today's policy advisory groups are becoming more inf...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bonnicksen, Andrea L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Archive Political Science and Policy Studies Foundation.
Temas:
Chimerism > Research > Government policy > United States.
Transgenic animals > Research > Government policy > United States.
Chimerism.
Hybridization.
Mosaicism.
Chimerism
Hybridization, Genetic
Mosaicism
Animaux transgéniques > Recherche > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Gènes chimères.
Hybridation.
Mosaïcisme.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Ethics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Discussions of early interspecies research, in which cells or DNA are interchanged between humans and nonhumans at early stages of development, can often devolve into sweeping statements, colorful imagery, and confusing policy. Although today's policy advisory groups are becoming more informed, debate is still limited by the interchangeable use of terms such as chimeras and hybrids, a tendency to treat all forms of interspecies alike, the failure to distinguish between laboratory research and procreation, and not enough serious policy justification. Andrea Bonnicksen seeks to understand reasons behind support of and disdain for interspecies research in such areas as chimerism, hybridization, interspecies nuclear transfer, cross-species embryo transfer, and transgenics. She highlights two claims critics make against early interspecies studies: that the research will violate human dignity and that it can lead to procreation. Bonnicksen carefully illustrates the challenges of making policy for sensitive and often sensationalized research - research that touches deep-seated values and that probes the boundary between human and nonhuman animals"--Jacket.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 166 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781589017191
1589017196

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