Uehiro Division for Applied Ethics, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (ASHBi), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. Electronic address: tstmsw@hiroshima-u.ac.jp.
1 paper in the library · 22 citations · publishing 2025
Human brain organoid research raises a range of ethical, legal, and social issues that extend beyond the widely discussed possibility of consciousness. These issues differ depending on whether the organoids are used for in vitro research, transplanted into non-human animals, or applied in biocomputing. Navigating this complex landscape requires a multidisciplinary approach that integrates ethical, legal, and social perspectives.