Essays about: "microencephalic"

Found 1 essay containing the word microencephalic.

1. 1. Transforming the Brute : On the Ethical Acceptability of Creating Painless Animals

   University essay from Centrum för tillämpad etik

   Author : Brent Mittelstadt; [2009]
   Keywords : transforming; brute; nociception; pain; genetic; engineering; manipulation; modification; modify; gene; genes; bernard; rollin; animal; microencephalic; lumps; decerebrate; aml; amls; painless; painlessness; integrity; dignity; rights; companionship; telos; alteration; biomedicine; biomedical; experiment; experimentation; agriculture; farm; suffering; distress; capacity; bioethics; ethics; applied; mice; scn9a; nav1.7; gene; therapy; germ; line;

   Abstract : Transforming the Brute addresses the ethical acceptability of creating painless animals for usage in biomedical experimentation.  In recent decades the possibility of creating genetically decerebrate animals or AMLs for human ends has been discussed in scientific, academic, and corporate communities. READ MORE