Con esta nueva tecnología se abre un camino alternativo que hace reconciliable las distintas posturas en torno a este tema. Al final, resulta q hay un camino intermedio que respeta las voluntades de todos.
Pero los dilemas morales no se acaban aquí. En este otro artículo sobre el tema: Man Who Helped Start Stem Cell War May End It Se añade una visión muy intima, personal sobre el dilema cientifico y etico al que se enfrenta un científico que trabaja con células madre. En particular me ha llamado mucho la atención este párrafo:
“It is unusual in the history of science for a scientist to really want to think carefully about the ethical implications of his work before he sets out to do it,” Dr. Fost said. “The biggest problem in ethics is not anticipating problems”But Dr. Fost and Dr. Thomson guessed wrong about what would bother people most. They thought it would be what Dr. Fost termed “the technological power” of stem cells. What if someone put human stem cells into the brain of a rat, for example?
“I thought at the time that this was possibly the biggest issue,” Dr. Fost said. “It was unprecedented in the history of biology. It’s the ‘Help, get me out of here’ scenario. Let’s say the rat brain turns out to be entirely human cells. What’s going on in there? Is it a human brain? And how would you study it — you can’t ask the rat.”
Asusta, ¿verdad?...¿que emociones, que pensamientos albergaría un cerebro humano dnetro del cuerpo de una rata? ¿No os parece terrorífico?...
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