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NEURAL FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTS: OLD AND NEW ISSUES
Author(s) -
Nora Lois Margaret,
Mahowald Mary B.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
zygon®
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1996.tb00953.x
Subject(s) - personhood , fetal tissue transplantation , brain tissue , fetus , personal identity , identity (music) , transplantation , medicine , neuroscience , pathology , biology , pregnancy , psychology , developmental psychology , surgery , political science , law , self concept , genetics , physics , acoustics
. Neural fetal tissue transplantation offers promise as a treatment for devasting neurologic conditions such as Parkinson's disease. Two types of issues arise from this procedure: those associated with the use of fetuses, and those associated with the use of neural tissue. The former issues have been examined in many forums; the latter have not. This paper reviews issues and arguments raised by the use of fetal tissue in general, but focuses on the implications of the use of neural tissue for basic concepts of personnood and personal identity.