Public Stem Cell Banks: Considerations of Justice in Stem Cell Research and Therapy

Authors

• Ruth R. Faden, Johns Hopkins University
• Liza Dawson, Johns Hopkins University
• Alison S. Bateman-House, Johns Hopkins University
• Dawn Mueller Agnew, Johns Hopkins University
• Hilary Bok, Johns Hopkins University
• Dan W. Brock, National Institutes of Health
• Aravinda Chakravarti, Johns Hopkins University
• Xiaojiang Gao, National Cancer Institute at Frederick
• Mark Greene, Johns Hopkins University; Georgetown University
• Patricia A. King, Georgetown University
• Stephen J. O'Brien, American Genetics AssociationFollow
• David H. Sachs, Harvard University
• Kathryn E. Schill, Johns Hopkins University
• Andrew Siegel, Johns Hopkins University
• Davor Solter, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology - Freiburg, Germany
• Sonia M. Suter, George Washington University
• Catherine M. Verfaillie, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis
• LeRoy B. Walters, Georgetown University
• John Gearhart, Johns Hopkins University

ORCID

0000-0001-7353-8301

ResearcherID

N-1726-2015

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Hastings Center Report

ISSN

1552-146X

Publication Date

11-2003

Abstract

Faden et al discuss the forthcoming transition of stem cell research from basic science to the development of therapies, which raises important questions of justice. They argue that they have great therapies and only a limited assortment of patients to give them to: the therapies would work only for patients whose immune systems are compatible with the stem cell lines from which the therapies are derived. If they develop therapies from cell lines that are compatible with the largest possible segments of the population, they will tend to benefit primarily whites.

Volume

33

Issue

6

First Page

13

Last Page

27

Comments

©The Hastings Center Nov/Dec 2003

NSUWorks Citation

Faden, Ruth R.; Liza Dawson; Alison S. Bateman-House; Dawn Mueller Agnew; Hilary Bok; Dan W. Brock; Aravinda Chakravarti; Xiaojiang Gao; Mark Greene; Patricia A. King; Stephen J. O'Brien; David H. Sachs; Kathryn E. Schill; Andrew Siegel; Davor Solter; Sonia M. Suter; Catherine M. Verfaillie; LeRoy B. Walters; and John Gearhart. 2003. "Public Stem Cell Banks: Considerations of Justice in Stem Cell Research and Therapy." Hastings Center Report 33, (6): 13-27. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_bio_facarticles/562