Safety, Ethics and Regulations

Part I. Safety

1. The Safety of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation
Gero Hütter

2. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapy and Safety Concerns in Age-Related Chronic Neurodegenerative Diseases
Erden Eren, Erdogan Pekcan Erkan, Sermin Genc, Kemal Kursad Genc

3. Clinical Safety and Applications of Stem Cell Gene Therapy
Carlo S. Jackson, Marco Alessandrini, Michael S. Pepper

4. The Safety of Non-Expanded Multipotential Stromal Cell Therapies
Dimitrios Kouroupis, Xiao Nong Wang, Yasser El-Sherbiny, Dennis McGonagle, Elena Jones

Part II. Ethics and Regulations

5. A Normative Case for the Patentability of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Technologies
Fikile M. Mnisi

6. Ethical Considerations in Stem Cell Research on Neurologic and Orthopedic Conditions
John D. Banja

7. New Regulatory Pathways for Stem Cell-Based Therapies: Comparison and Critique of Potential Models
Barbara Tigerstrom

8. Travelling Cells: Harmonized European Regulation and the BAMI Stem Cell Trial
Christine Hauskeller, Nicole Baur

9. Oversight and Evidence in Stem Cell Innovation: An Examination of International Guidelines
Tamra Lysaght

10. The Regulation of Clinical Stem Cell Research in China
Li Jiang

11. Governing the Stem Cell Sector in India
Shashank S. Tiwari, Paul Martin, Sujatha Raman

12. Patenting Human Embryonic Stem Cells in the European Union Context: An Updated Analysis of a Complex Issue
Iñigo Miguel Beriain

13. The Regulatory Situation for Clinical Stem Cell Research in China
Achim Rosemann, Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner, Xinqing Zhang, Suli Sui, Adrian Ely

14. Contested Tissues: The Donation of Oocytes and Embryos in the IVF-Stem Cell Interface in China
Achim Rosemann

15. Challenges to International Stem Cell Clinical Trials in Countries with Diverging Regulations
Achim Rosemann

16. Erratum to: Ethical Considerations in Stem Cell Research on Neurologic and Orthopedic Conditions
John D. Banja

Keywords: Life Sciences, Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Bioethics