Safety, ethics and regulations

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 The Safety of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation  (Gero Hütter)....Pages 3-22
 Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapy and Safety Concerns in Age-Related Chronic Neurodegenerative Diseases  (Erden Eren, Erdogan Pekcan Erkan, Sermin Genc, Kemal Kursad Genc)....Pages 23-65
 Clinical Safety and Applications of Stem Cell Gene Therapy  (Carlo S. Jackson, Marco Alessandrini, Michael S. Pepper)....Pages 67-89
 The Safety of Non-Expanded Multipotential Stromal Cell Therapies  (Dimitrios Kouroupis, Xiao Nong Wang, Yasser El-Sherbiny, Dennis McGonagle, Elena Jones)....Pages 91-118
Front Matter ....Pages 119-119
 A Normative Case for the Patentability of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Technologies  (Fikile M. Mnisi)....Pages 121-153
 Ethical Considerations in Stem Cell Research on Neurologic and Orthopedic Conditions  (John D. Banja)....Pages 155-171
 New Regulatory Pathways for Stem Cell-Based Therapies: Comparison and Critique of Potential Models  (Barbara von Tigerstrom)....Pages 173-199
 Travelling Cells: Harmonized European Regulation and the BAMI Stem Cell Trial  (Christine Hauskeller, Nicole Baur)....Pages 201-216
 Oversight and Evidence in Stem Cell Innovation: An Examination of International Guidelines  (Tamra Lysaght)....Pages 217-236
 The Regulation of Clinical Stem Cell Research in China  (Li Jiang)....Pages 237-246
 Governing the Stem Cell Sector in India  (Shashank S. Tiwari, Paul Martin, Sujatha Raman)....Pages 247-262
 Patenting Human Embryonic Stem Cells in the European Union Context: An Updated Analysis of a Complex Issue  (Iñigo de Miguel Beriain)....Pages 263-273
 The Regulatory Situation for Clinical Stem Cell Research in China  (Achim Rosemann, Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner, Xinqing Zhang, Suli Sui, Adrian Ely)....Pages 275-290
 Contested Tissues: The Donation of Oocytes and Embryos in the IVF-Stem Cell Interface in China  (Achim Rosemann)....Pages 291-300
 Challenges to International Stem Cell Clinical Trials in Countries with Diverging Regulations  (Achim Rosemann)....Pages 301-319
 Erratum to: Ethical Considerations in Stem Cell Research on Neurologic and Orthopedic Conditions  (John D. Banja)....Pages E1-E1
Back Matter ....Pages 321-327