If you're interested in exploring some of the ethical issues surrounding stem cell research, our 19-minute film, Conversations: ethics, science, stem cells, is a good place to start.  The film, featuring the different points of view of doctors, scientists, ethicists, theologians and a patient, aims to encourage open debate about the ethical issues around stem cell research. It is structured in chapters, each addressing a key ethical question.

We've also just uploaded a couple of review articles by Kristina Hug, which explore in more depth some of the issues raised in the Conversations... film. These articles were written as part of a project and workshop series on ethical and societal issues related to stem cell research for the original EuroStemCell.

• Therapeutic perspectives of human embryonic stem cell research versus the moral status of a human embryo – does one have to be compromised for the other? (PDF file, 393 KB)
  
• Sources of human embryos for stem cell research: ethical problems and their possible solutions (PDF file, 430KB)