Titel: Comprehensive preimplantation screening: dynamics and ethics
Termin:
13.10.2011
Veranstaltungsort:
Stationsstraat 2
6221 BP Maastricht
The Netherlands
Weitere Informationen:
http://www.eshre.eu/ESHRE/English/Calendar/ESHRE-Campus-2011/Comprehen ...
Background: reproductive scientists and clinicians aim at the (further) development of preimplantation genetic screening (PGS), i.e. a systematic offer of embryo testing to (all) IVF-patients and/or the offer of wider embryo testing to (all) applicants of PGD. At present, the use of microarrays is being explored as a promising technology in this context as it allows for a more comprehensive screening of embryos than is possible with non-molecular techniques. At the same time, micro-array screening leads to a host of difficult ethical questions. These regard the definition of the precise aims of embryo screening, the handling of unsought information, the possibility of informed consent, the prospect of additional selection for non-medical traits etc. Should it become possible in the (near) future to screen IVF-embryos on the basis of whole genome sequencing (regarded by some experts as a realistic scenario), these questions will only become more difficult, presenting the field with some real challenges and dilemmas.
Kontakt:
ESHRE Central Office
Meerstraat 60
1852 Grimbergen
Belgium
Tel.:
0032-2-269 09 69
Fax: 0032-2-269 56 00
info@eshre.eu
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Veranstalter: European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), Maastricht University - Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML) - Dept. Health, Ethics & Society
Schlagworte: Embryonale Stammzellen, Embryonenforschung, Fortpflanzungsmedizin, Medizinische Ethik, Präimplantationsdiagnostik