Children as Stem Cell Donors in Research: When is it ethical? When is it approvable?

Ethics Rounds: Pediatric Stem Cell Donors Many stem cell transplants rely on pediatric donors. When these transplants occur in the research setting, investigators and IRBs face the question of whether pediatric donors may participate in research studies that pose risks to them and do not offer thepotential for medical benefit. Please join us to discuss the important ethical and regulatory issues that these cases raise, and a proposed framework for addressing them. The program, which involves discussion of pediatric studies at the NIH and elsewhere, should be of interest to individuals involved in research or pediatrics, as well as those interested in important issues in bioethics. Presenter: Nirali Shah, MD, NCI, POB Discussant: Naynesh R. Kamani, MD, IRB Chair and Medical Director, Office for the Protection of Human Subjects, Children's National Medical Center Discussant: Michael A. Pulsipher, MD, Director, Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Primary Children’s Medical Center, and Professor of Pediatrics, University of Utah. For more information go to http://www.cc.nih.gov/about/news/grcurrent.htmlAir date: 2/6/2013 12:00:00 PM
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