The moral status of human embryo-like structures: potentiality matters?: The moral status of human synthetic embryos

Tsutomu Sawai; Tomohiro Minakawa; Jonathan Pugh; Kyoko Akatsuka; Jun K Yamashita; Misao Fujita

doi:10.15252/embr.202050984

The moral status of human embryo-like structures: potentiality matters?: The moral status of human synthetic embryos

EMBO Rep. 2020 Aug 5;21(8):e50984. doi: 10.15252/embr.202050984. Epub 2020 Jul 27.

Authors

Tsutomu Sawai^{1

2}, Tomohiro Minakawa³, Jonathan Pugh⁴, Kyoko Akatsuka², Jun K Yamashita³, Misao Fujita^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI-ASHBi), KUIAS Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
² Uehiro Research Division for iPS Cell Ethics, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
³ Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
⁴ Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford, UK.

Abstract

New techniques to generate and culture embryo-like structures from stem cells require a more fine-grained distinction of potential to define the moral status of these structures.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Beginning of Human Life*
Embryo Research*
Embryo, Mammalian
Humans
Moral Obligations
Moral Status

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding