[PDF] Background And Current Practice Of Fetal Tissue And Embryo Research In Canada eBook

Author : Canada. Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies
Publisher : Canadian Government Publishing
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 17,46 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Medical
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These research studies cover human embryo and fetal tissue research, providing a concise overview of the subject; legal issues in embryo and fetal tissue research and therapy; origins, state of the art, future applications, and implications of human fetal tissue research; a survey of use and handling of human reproductive tissues in Canadian health care facilities; a survey of medical laboratories and medical waste disposal firms related to use and handling of human reproductive tissues; embryo transfer and related technologies in domestic animals; and the past, present, and future of human embryo research.

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 39,86 MB
Release : 1994-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309051762

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Research involving human fetuses and fetal tissue has been a subject of national debate and rancor for more than two decades. Despite the many demonstrated medical benefits of such research and the issuance of guidelines by various governmental and private ethics advisory bodies, federal support of this research has been severely curtailed. In 1993 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) sponsored a conference on fetal research and applications. This book examines the current state of fetal research and fetal tissue research. It contains an overview of research in the field and a short history on the regulatory and legislative actions governing the field. The bulk of the volume centers on ethical and legal issues of fetal research, preembryo research, fetal research, and fetal tissue transplantation. The volume also contains a full reprinting of the summary from the 1989 IOM book Medically Assisted Conception: An Agenda for Research, including the recommendations and research agenda suggested in that volume. Readers can therefore view that information in context with the suggestions and topics discussed at the conference. The background and research summarized in Fetal Research and Applications should provide insights for future progress and contribute to a fuller understanding of the social and ethical issues involved in this field.

Author : Canada. Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies
Publisher : Canadian Government Publishing
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 39,12 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Health & Fitness
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This volume documents in some detail current practices in prenatal diagnosis and testing in Canada today and, in the process, provides answers to many questions raised in the Commission's public consultations. This is done through an analysis of the activities of all Canadian genetics centres providing PND, as well as an analysis of the process by which women are referred to these centres. Other studies in the volume focus not on prenatal diagnostic procedures but on prenatal screening programs. These programs involve a wider range of physicians, often including general practitioners, and the studies examine how such programs have been introduced in Canada and the extent to which, in this wider arena, they conform to the standards established for the introduction of prenatal diagnostic techniques.

Author : Canada. Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies
Publisher : Canadian Government Publishing
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 18,74 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
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This document presents papers on the following topics: an overview of the science and technology system; an overview of select social and economic forces influencing the development of in vitro fertilization and related assisted reproductive techniques; an overview of commercial involvement in new reproductive technologies; the role of the biotechnology industry in the development of clinical diagnostic materials for prenatal diagnosis; a report on a survey of members of the pharmaceutical manufacturers association of Canada and biotechnology companies; the potential role of schools in promoting reproductive health and understanding of new reproductive technologies; and social welfare and new reproductive technologies.

Author : Canada. Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies
Publisher : Canadian Government Publishing
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 38,1 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Attitude (Psychology)
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From the beginning, the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies was committed to learning about and understanding the social values and attitudes of Canadians. Commissioners felt that these values and attitudes, which are not static but evolve over time, provide a vital context for decision making about the technologies and must be considered in recommendations of policy in this area.

Author : Canada. Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies
Publisher : Canadian Government Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 14,38 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Health & Fitness
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This research report covers the ethical issues of prenatal diagnosis for predictive testing for genetic disorders of late onset; the psychosocial aspects of prenatal testing for Huntington disease; screening for genetic susceptibilities to common diseases; screening for gender and the prospective uses of sex selection; attitudes of genetic counsellors relating to prenatal diagnosis of sex for non-medical reasons; preimplantation diagnosis; and current status for and prospects of somatic and germ line gene therapy. The report also includes a bibliography on preferences for the sex of one's children, and attitudes concerning sex preselection.

Author : Canada. Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies
Publisher : Canadian Government Publishing
Page : 918 pages
File Size : 30,42 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Medical
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This volume includes studies on the Canadian health care system; a literature review that provides a framework for technology decisions; assessment of available data from randomized clinical trials to determine the effectiveness of given treatments by specific indications; the adverse health effects of drugs used for ovulation induction; changes in evaluation of in vitro fertilization; the cost-effectiveness of an in vitro fertilization program and the costs of associated hospitalizations and other infertility treatments; public preferences toward an in vitro fertilization program and the effect of the program on patients' quality of life; the health of the children involved; and a feasibility study of the epidemiology, efficacy, outcomes, and direct costs of infertility treatment in Saskatchewan from 1978-90.