Essays about: "scn9a"

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  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