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Generation of Genetically Modified Mice through the Microinjection of Oocytes
Published on: June 15, 2017
Transforming animal species: the case of 'oncomouse'
1Higher Institute of Philosophy, University of Leuven, Belgium. maurizio.salvi@cec.eu.int
Abstract:
In this paper I deal with ethical implications arising from animal biotechnology. I analyse some general questions surrounding the production of transgenic animals through a specific case study: the oncomouse. In particular, I explore ethical factors involved in the production of oncomice. This is because biologists genetically modify animals' germ cells and refuse to modify human germ cells. I will underline how the international community has thus far justified this 'ethical difference'.
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