Ethics should lead, not play catch-up, expert emphasizes as Japan panel OKs making human embryos from stem cells

Ethics should lead, not play catch-up, expert emphasizes as Japan panel OKs making human embryos from stem cells

A leading bioethicist at Hiroshima University is calling for an anticipatory, rather than reactive, approach to ethics after a Japanese government panel in August backed a report that brings the country a step closer to becoming the first in the world to allow research on human embryos created from stem cell–derived sperm and eggs.