Ethical Issues in a Trial of Maternal Gene Transfer to Improve Foetal Growth

2016 ◽  
pp. 247-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Ashcroft
Keyword(s):  
Gene Transfer ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Foetal Growth ◽  
Maternal Gene

scholarly journals Regulatory and Ethical Issues for Phase I In Utero Gene Transfer Studies

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. 1323-1330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carson Strong
Keyword(s):  
Gene Transfer ◽  
Phase I ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
In Utero

scholarly journals Overview of Safety and Efficacy of Non-Viral Gene Transfer in Cartilage Tissue Engineering from the Worldview of Islam

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noorhidayah Md Nazir ◽  
Munirah Sha’ban
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
Gene Transfer ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Cartilage Tissue Engineering ◽  
Cartilage Tissue ◽  
Scientific Uncertainty ◽  
Treatment Modalities ◽  
Viral Gene ◽  
Safety And Efficacy ◽  
Viral Gene Transfer

This paper examines the safety and efficacy of non-viral gene transfer in cartilage tissue engineering (TE) from the worldview of Islam. The first clinical trial treating adenosine deaminase deficient patients conducted in 1990 has triggered the development of gene transfer technology. The potential of gene transfer is further explored in TE field with the hope that it could prosper the regenerative medicine application. However, ethical issues become important when it comes to application of new treatment modalities, primarily in gene transfer because of genetic modification influences the basis of life - the DNA. Besides ethical issue, the application of gene transfer in treating diseases also attract views from religious context. The questions on the techniques to administer the gene in human, social acceptance of genetically modified cell and adverse effects from it are still debatable and unresolved. Apart from that dilemma, both safety and efficacy issues are raised due to the scientific uncertainty and social perception of the technology. Despite countless number of encouraging findings and recommendations by the proponents of the technology, gene transfer is currently available only in the research setting. The established guidelines are used to complement and provide the necessary foundations in discussing the aspects involved in the incorporation of gene transfer with cartilage TE. Relevant Islamic input are identified and aligned to those particular guidelines. It is hoped that the integration of Islamic inputs in the existing guidelines could suggest the safest approach in treating cartilage degenerative disease through gene transfer and TE.

Confronting the grey zone after severe brain injury

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 707-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Peterson ◽  
Adrian M. Owen
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Vegetative State ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Grey Zone ◽  
Severe Brain Injury ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Legal Decision Making ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
The Brain

In recent years, rapid technological developments in the field of neuroimaging have provided several new methods for revealing thoughts, actions and intentions based solely on the pattern of activity that is observed in the brain. In specialized centres, these methods are now being employed routinely to assess residual cognition, detect consciousness and even communicate with some behaviorally non-responsive patients who clinically appear to be comatose or in a vegetative state. In this article, we consider some of the ethical issues raised by these developments and the profound implications they have for clinical care, diagnosis, prognosis and medical-legal decision-making after severe brain injury.

Synergistic effects of retrovirus IFN-α gene transfer and gemcitabine on apoptosis of pancreatic cancer cells

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A615-A615
Author(s):  
M GORSCHLUETER ◽  
B SCHOETTKER ◽  
A MAERTEN ◽  
C ZISKE
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
Gene Transfer ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Synergistic Effects ◽  
Pancreatic Cancer Cells

Phagocytosis of opsonized red blood cells by hepatocytes after gene transfer of chimeric Fc γR III Aα and γcDNA

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A356-A357
Author(s):  
M FURUKAWA ◽  
Y MAGAMI ◽  
D NAKAYAMA ◽  
F MORIYASU ◽  
J PARK ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Transfer ◽  
Red Blood Cells ◽  
Blood Cells

1860: Generation of Fluorescent Sperm by Use of in VIVO Gene Transfer to Hamster Testes

2007 ◽  
Vol 177 (4S) ◽  
pp. 617-618
Author(s):  
Hiraki Kubota ◽  
Kevin Coward ◽  
Olivia Hibbitt ◽  
Nilendran Prathalingam ◽  
William Holt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Transfer ◽  
In Vivo Gene Transfer

1509: Adeno-Associated Virus-Mediated Human IL-10 Gene Transfer Suppresses the Development of Experimental Autoimmune Orchitis

2005 ◽  
Vol 173 (4S) ◽  
pp. 409-409
Author(s):  
Masami Watanabe ◽  
Atsushi Nagai ◽  
Norihiro Kusumi ◽  
Yasutomo Nasu ◽  
Hiromi Kumon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Transfer ◽  
Adeno Associated Virus ◽  
Autoimmune Orchitis ◽  
Experimental Autoimmune

1011: Suppression of Renal Cell Carcinoma Lung Metastasis by Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) Mediated Gene Transfer of a Soluble Receptor of VEGF

2004 ◽  
Vol 171 (4S) ◽  
pp. 267-267
Author(s):  
Ichiro Yoshimura ◽  
Yasunori Mizuguchi ◽  
Akira Miyajima ◽  
Tomohiko Asano ◽  
Hiroaki Mizukami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renal Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Gene Transfer ◽  
Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Lung Metastasis ◽  
Renal Cell ◽  
Soluble Receptor ◽  
Adeno Associated Virus
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