Are there any additional types of human bodily material that could raise ethical concerns?
No. However, the issue of participation in neurological research during life prior to brain donation for research study after death was thought worthy of specific reference. 2. Should any particular type(s) of human bodily material be singled out as ‘special’ in some way? Life-generating material (ie sperm, eggs and embryos) is clearly different and “special”. In the future, cloning from stem cells may blur the margins as other tissue may potentially become life-generating. However, that is so far in the future and the implications in terms of ownership and relationship so huge that it is not discussed further. If the reason to single out sperm and eggs is because of future issues linking the donor to the beneficiary (ie a new child), non-reproductive tissue donation could also have consequences linking the donor to the beneficiary eg transmission of infection. Therefore, there is scope for research into whether the public regard the two as different. However, the consequence and impli
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