到底路有多长——对干细胞移植治疗研究的一点思考

How Long The Road of Stem Cells Application to Clinical Therapy: some opinions about clinical appli- cations of stem cells

目前干细胞研究的争论主要集中于干细胞研究的过程和方式,诸如干细胞来源以及被提取干细胞的胚胎的权利与地位等伦理问题是争论的焦点所在,而对于研究的最终目的是治病而非克隆人则少有争议。然而在伦理问题等争论相对较小的干细胞应用研究领域,就应用于人的技术层面而言还有很多问题有待解决。安全性(safety)和有效性(efficacy)原则是目前公认的干细胞临床应用研究的基准。干细胞移植治疗最终应用于临床可能还有相当一段路程要走,无论是研究者还是伦理学家以及社会舆论和普通百姓在其中都应当并可以发挥积极的作用。

Now the controversies about stem cells research mainly focus on research procedures and research techniques, such as sources of stem cells and rights and status of embryo for extracting stem cells, but there are almost no disputes that the purpose of study is for treating the diseases rather than for cloning human being. In fact, in the discipline of stem cells application which revoked little disputes, many problems of clinical application need to be solved. Safety and efficacy are general standards for stem cells applications. It may take a long way to make for receiving real benefits from stem cells transfer therapy. Everyone including researcher, ethics experts and common people can play an active role in the procedure of study.