Ethical arguments concerning human-animal chimera research: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The burgeoning field of biomedical research involving the mixture of human and animal materials has attracted significant ethical controversy. Due to the many dimensions of potential ethical conflict involved in this type of research, and the wide variety of research projects under discussion, it is difficult to obtain an overview of the ethical debate. This paper attempts to remedy this by providing a systematic review of ethical reasons in academic publications on human-animal chimera research.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review of the ethical literature concerning human-animal chimeras based on the research question: "What ethical reasons have been given for or against conducting human-animal chimera research, and how have these reasons been treated in th

SUBMITTER: Kwisda K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7092670 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature