New Developments in Neuroscience: Neural Transplants and Nerve Regeneration Technologies Ethical Issues

摘要

The focal point in the report for the elaboration of the metaphysical and ethical issues raised by neural transplants will be the neural grafting (autograft, allograft, and xenograft techniques) of dopamine-producing tissue into the human brain in order to combat the progress of Parkinson's disease, a debilitating neurological condition of unknown etiology but known outcome, namely the neurological deterioration of the patient, which entails the complete loss of motor control as dementia associated with mood and personality function.