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ReviewStem cell reports2022

Investigating the feasibility and ethical implications of phenotypic screening using stem cell-derived tissue models to detect and manage disease.

Alexander R Harris, Mary Jean Walker, Frederic Gilbert, Patrick McGivern

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Review in Stem cell reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Alexander R HarrisAikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia. Electronic address: alexrharris@gmail.com.
Mary Jean WalkerDepartment of Politics, Media, and Philosophy, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia.
Frederic GilbertSchool of Humanities, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia.
Patrick McGivernSchool of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stem-cell-derived tissue models generated from sick people are being used to understand human development and disease, drug development, and drug screening. However, it is possible to detect disease phenotypes before a patient displays symptoms, allowing for their use as a disease screening tool. This raises numerous issues, some of which can be addressed using similar approaches from genetic screenings, while others are unique. One issue is the relationship between disease disposition, biomarker detection, and patient symptoms and how tissue models could be used to define disease. Other issues include decisions of when to screen, what diseases to screen for, and what treatment options should be offered.

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Genetic TestingStem CellsFeasibility StudiesHumansdisease definitionethicsphenotypeprenatalstem celltissue model

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PMID35487211
PMCPMC9133639

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