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Time to rethink the law on part-human chimeras

Abstract:: It may soon be possible to generate human tissues and organs inside of part-human chimeras via a technique known as interspecies blastocyst complementation. Using Australian legislation as a case study, we show why this technique of creating part-human chimeras falls within the gaps of existing legislation. We give an overview of the key ethical issues raised by part-human chimera research, and we describe how well these issues are met by a range of possible regulatory approaches. We ultimately argue that regulation of part-human chimera research should be (re)designed to balance two key aims: to facilitate ethical research involving part-human chimeras and to prevent unethical experimentation with chimeras that have an uncertain—and potentially substantial—degree of moral status.

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Koplin, J., & Savulescu, J. (2019). Time to rethink the law on part-human chimeras. Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 6(1), 37–50.

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Koplin, J., and J. Savulescu. “Time to Rethink the Law on Part-Human Chimeras.” Journal of Law and the Biosciences, vol. 6, no. 1, Oxford University Press, 2019, pp. 37–50.

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Koplin, J, and J Savulescu. 2019. “Time to Rethink the Law on Part-Human Chimeras.” Journal of Law and the Biosciences 6 (1): 37–50.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: HUMS
Department:: Philosophy Faculty
Oxford college:: St Cross College
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Grant:: 203132/Z/16/Z

Publisher:: Oxford University Press
Journal:: Journal of Law and the Biosciences More from this journal
Volume:: 6
Issue:: 1
Pages:: 37–50
Publication date:: 2019-05-15
Acceptance date:: 2019-03-14
DOI:: 10.1093/jlb/lsz005
ISSN:: 2053-9711

Keywords:: chimera

moral status

stem cell research and practice
Pubs id:: pubs:983502
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Deposit date:: 2019-03-20

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Copyright date:: 2019
Notes:: © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Duke University School of Law, Harvard Law School, Oxford University Press, and Stanford Law School. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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