118 Pages
by
Routledge
118 Pages
by
Routledge
118 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the ethical and governance concerns of stem cell technology, taking a comparative approach between countries of differing socio-economic status.
The book provides a typology of different stem cell types and discusses key ethical issues surrounding the use of human stem cells in research. Topics covered include the moral status of human embryos, various religious perspectives,... Read more
Table of Contents
1. Overview
2. The Controversial Issues of Human Embryos
3. The Governance Framework in the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Malaysia
4. Regulatory Response to Ethical Issues
5. The Way Forward for Malaysia
Index
Biography
Mohammad Firdaus Bin Abdul Aziz is Senior Lecturer and Deputy Dean of Research and Innovation at the Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya. He obtained his DPhil from the University of Oxford. Currently, he is a co-investigator on a UK Wellcome Trust-funded initiative aimed at establishing a bioethics network in Southeast Asia and a co-investigator on the US NIH Fogarty grant, which focuses on developing a master’s program in health research ethics at Universiti Malaya.
