Embryonic stem cells have huge potential in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative
medicine as they hold the capacity to produce every type of cell and tissue in the body. In …

Climate change, nuclear proliferation, and the threat of a global pandemic have the potential
to impact each of our lives. Preventing these threats poses a serious global challenge, but …

The sequencing of the entire human genome has opened up unprecedented possibilities for
healthcare, but also ethical and social dilemmas about how these can be achieved …

Israel endorses one of the world's most liberal regulations of embryonic stem cell (ESC)
research and human cloning. After an introduction to the technologies and their regulation in …

The number and the scale of transboundary public health concerns are increasing.
Infectious and non-communicable diseases, international trade in tobacco, alcohol, and …

In a legal 'first', the UK removed a prohibition against modifying embryos in human
reproduction, to enable mitochondrial replacement techniques (MRTs), a move the …

Kimi hukuksal düzenlemelerin yan› s› ra, biyoloji ve t› bb› n uygulanmas› nda biyoetikten
kaynaklanan temel ilkelerin önemli bir işlevi bulunduğu aç› kt› r. Biyoetik kavram› na farkl› …

Recent work has stressed the importance of the concept of solidarity to bioethics and social
philosophy generally. But can and should it feature in documents such as the Universal …

Consanguineous marriage, which is common in many regions in the world, has absorbed
much attention as a causative factor in raising the incidence of genetic diseases. The …

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Detailed Table of Contents"--" Acknowledgements"--" List of Abbreviations"--" Introduction"--" …