Translational stem cell research : issues beyond the debate on moral status of the human embryo / Kristina Hug, Göran Hermerén, editors.

New York : Humana Press, 2011.

xxvi, 461 pages : illustrations (color) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translational stem cell research : what is possible today and what still remains to be achieved? -- Translating stem cell research knowledge from bench to bedside : ethical issues -- Creation of human-animal entities for translational stem cell research : scientific, ethical and regulatory challenges -- Stem cell banking for translational stem cell research or stem cell-based therapies -- Translational stem cell research and commercial funding -- Patenting of human stem cell-based inventions : scientific, ethical and regulatory issues -- From general public to researchers, and vice versa : communication issues in translational stem cell research -- Translational stem cell research and its psychological implications -- Ethical evaluation of translational stem cell research projects in research ethics committees -- Looking at the future of translational stem cell research and stem cell-based therapeutic applications : risks, long-term effects, and priority setting.