'Ceci n'est pas un embryon?' The ethics of human embryo model research

Nienke de Graeff; Lien De Proost; Megan Munsie

doi:10.1038/s41592-023-02066-9

'Ceci n'est pas un embryon?' The ethics of human embryo model research

Nat Methods. 2023 Dec;20(12):1863-1867. doi: 10.1038/s41592-023-02066-9.

Authors

Nienke de Graeff¹, Lien De Proost^{2

3}, Megan Munsie^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Ethics & Health Law, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands. n.de_graeff@lumc.nl.
² Department of Medical Ethics & Health Law, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.
³ Developmental Biology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
⁴ Stem Cell Biology Theme, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 38057511
PMCID: PMC7615661 (available on 2024-06-01)
DOI: 10.1038/s41592-023-02066-9

Abstract

Increasingly advanced in vitro stem-cell-derived human embryo models raise novel ethical questions and shed a light on long-standing questions regarding research on human embryos.

Grants and funding

10250022120002/ZonMw (Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development)