Human Tissue Inc. Part II

Chia-Hui YehJantien VroegopRon Schormans

Sammie WintermansJoost Velterop

At first…

Main Targets

- Human skin

- TE skin

- Internal survey

Main Targets- Ethical aspects

Assignments1. Visualizing TE

applications2. Assessing

ethical concerns by playing the role of an appointed commission

Assignment I – make the abstract ideas concrete

Human Tissue Inc.Grow your way to the future/ 2005-Product Line- SkinCoat- ImprovedEye- Hard Tissue Department- Liver&Co.- ReBrain

Examples in more detail

• TE-Skin

• TE-Eye

• TE-liver

• TE-bones

• TE-brains

Assignment II- Assessing the ethical concerns

CommissionHuman Tissue Inc. Folder

Public

Inform / Interview

Feedbacks

National Debate Regulations/Policies

Final Report

Final Report

• Introduction• Theoretical background• Study design

– Interview structure and reasoning – Examples in more detail

• Results• Conclusion• Discussion and Recommendations

Introduction

• Our goal:– To increase public awareness and knowledge

on the commercial use of TE, allowing possibilities for debate and opinion formation and reporting on the result.

Theoretical background

• History of Tissue Engineering

• Ethical aspects of Tissue Engineering

• Misuse of Tissue Engineering?

• The responsibilities of Tissue Engineers

• The role of the commission

• The tasks of the commission

Interview Structure and Reasoning

• Why an interview?

• The way of asking the questions

• The possible arguments the people could have

Results

• Average knowledge of Tissue Engineering– Unfamilar with the terminology

• The applications– Appreciate all the medical applications– Question the cosmetic purposes– Welcome the TE-food with concerns– Relatively neutral towards TE-furniture– Disapprove ReBrain

Conclusion

• Most people only want Tissue Engineering for medical purposes

• People often know some examples but don’t assiociate them with Tissue Engineering

Discussion

• The importance of public knowledge

• Different attitudes towards different applications

• The controversial point – topics for debate

• Limitation of this study

Recommendations

• To further improve the investigations– More subjects– Throughout the country– Focus on daily applications first, then

introduce the applications incrementally– Brochure to clarify the misunderstanding of

TE– More communications with the public

Thank you for your attention

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