Ethics of research on stem cells and regenerative medicine: ethical guidelines in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Regenerative medicine plays a major role in biomedicine, and given the ever-expanding boundaries of this knowledge, numerous ethical considerations have been raised.

Main text

Rapid advancement of regenerative medicine science and technology in Iran, emerged the Iranian National Committee for Ethics in Biomedical Research to develop a comprehensive national ethical guideline. Therefore, the present ethical guideline which comprises eleven chapters was developed in 2019 and approved in early 2020. The titles of these chapters were selected based on the ethical considerations of various aspects of the field of regenerative medicine: (1) ethical principles of research on stem cells and regenerative medicine; (2) ethical considerations for research on stem cells (embr

SUBMITTER: Afshar L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7489032 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature