The ethical and legal challenges of human foetal brain tissue-derived organoids : At the intersection of science, ethics, and regulation

Tsutomu Sawai; Masanori Kataoka

doi:10.1038/s44319-024-00099-5

The ethical and legal challenges of human foetal brain tissue-derived organoids : At the intersection of science, ethics, and regulation

EMBO Rep. 2024 Apr;25(4):1700-1703. doi: 10.1038/s44319-024-00099-5. Epub 2024 Mar 4.

Authors

Tsutomu Sawai^{1

2

3}, Masanori Kataoka⁴

Affiliations

¹ Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan. tstmsw@hiroshima-u.ac.jp.
² Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (ASHBi), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. tstmsw@hiroshima-u.ac.jp.
³ Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. tstmsw@hiroshima-u.ac.jp.
⁴ Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan.

Abstract

The recent generation of brain organoids from human foetal tissue highlights the need for nuanced ethical considerations and international coordination to navigate the complexities of this research and its broader implications for developmental neuroscience and ethical debates.

MeSH terms

Brain* / physiology
Ethics, Research*
Fetus
Humans
Organoids / physiology

Abstract

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