Mansilla-Olivares A, Rojo J, Medina MJ, Valenzuela-Gómez-Gallardo F, López-Bárcena J, Meneses-González F, Velazco I, Mayani-Viveros H, Santos-Preciado JI

Language: Spanish
References: 7
Page: 729-731
PDF size: 124.30 Kb.

ABSTRACT

In recent years, the use of stem cells for therapeutic purposes has received attention from research groups. In Mexico, the Mexican Official Standard 260-SSAI-2015 regarding the use of stem and progenitor cells for therapeutic and research purposes is in the process of authorization. Even when this has not been approved, an increasing number of establishments are offering medical services involving the use of stem cells for therapeutic purposes without official regulatory authorization. The Mexican Academy of Medicine of Mexico makes its position public in favor of regulating the use of stem cells and embryos for therapeutic and research purposes.

REFERENCES

1. Hopkins L, Labonté R, Runnels V, Packer C. Medical tourism today: what is the state of existing knowledge? J Public Health Policy. 2010;31:185‑198.

2. Kawachi IO, Wamala SP. Globalization and Health. EE. UU.: Oxford University Press; 2007.

3. Zarzeczny A, Caulfield T. Stem cell tourism and doctors’ duties to minors: a view from Canada. Am J Bioeth. 2010;20:3-15.

4. Reardon S. Mexico proposal to ban human-embryo research would stifle science. Nature. 2016;540:180.

5. Sipp D, Pei D. Bioethics in China: no wild east. Nature. 2016;534:465-467.

6. Consejo Iberoamericano de Donación y Trasplante. Declaración de Quito sobre terapias celulares sin evidencia demostrada. Ecuador: Consejo Iberoamericano de Donación y Trasplante; 2012.

7. International Society for Stem Cell Research. Guidelines for stem cell research and clinical translation. EE. UU.: International Society for Stem Cell Research; 2016.