Ethicist
Felix

As the ethicist, your role is to investigate issues involved with the ethical issues involved with gene therapy and Parkinson's Disease. Some of the questions you will need to consider are:

What are the ethical issues which surround this therapy?
Who are the groups who will have ethical objections to make against this therapy?
What are these objections?









Remember to investigate these issues from the perspective of an Ethicist.

The following internet resources may be useful. You are encouraged to look for other information also.

Therapeutic Human Cloning
Moral Complicity
Examination of Human Cloning
NIH opens door to Research on Human Embryo Cells
Student makes Cloning Breakthrough (see multimedia section)
Pro-life Scientists
U.S. to allow Government funded research on embryo cells
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
The future of Stem Cell Research
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