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  2. Cloning of human cells

Cloning of human cells

  • Inadequate safety guidelines for transplantation
  • Unethical development of tissue-derived therapies

Nature

Research in tissue-derived therapies is booming, including skin replacement for burn victims and techniques that turn human cells into tiny pharmaceutical factories. But such tissue based therapies carry the risk that they might transmit infectious diseases when the cells are removed from one person and then transplanted into another, or their product administered to a stranger.

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Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Subject
  • Biosciences » Growth
  • Biosciences » Cytology
  • Mankind » Human
  • Societal problems » Safety
  • Societal problems » Inadequacy
  • Health care » Surgery
  • Health care » Therapy
  • Development » Development
  • Innovative change » Change
  • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    Last update
    Nov 29, 2022