Scientific and Ethical Concerns in Neural Fetal Tissue Transplantation

摘要: This report presents a brief overview of the medical and ethical issues involved with procurement, preparation, safety, efficacy, subject protection human fetal central nervous system tissue in context neural transplantation. The perspectives from which to view clinical use include following: 1) that elective abortions is surgical specimen; 2) such involves experimentation fetus subject; 3) considered as cadaveric organ specimen, similar other organs, but special considerations compared adult tissue. latter approach appears be most applicable parallel organs tissues after declaration brain death. Additional safety quality for implantation; hypothesis "legitimization" "redemption" (potentially positive effects donation general) may lead an increase abortion rates; validity value involving grafting; 4) type consent obtained appropriate timing. Elective abortions, however, probably will continue primary source grafting some time, until sources become available.