Diversifying stem cell debates: Including Muslim contexts and perspectives

Rana Dajani¹, Bashir Jiwani², Azim Nanji³, Laurie Zoloth⁴, Mohammed Ghaly⁵, İlhan İlkılıç⁶, Ángel Raya⁷, Maria Patrão Neves⁸, Helena de Melo⁹, Ana Sofia Carvalho¹⁰, Timothy Caulfield¹¹, Rose Carter¹², António Rendas¹³, Azim Surani¹⁴, Janet Rossant¹⁵, Arnold Kriegstein¹⁶, El-Nasir Lalani¹⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Hashemite University, Zarqa 13133, Jordan.
² Ethics and Diversity Services, Fraser Health Authority, Surrey, BC V3T 0H1, Canada. Electronic address: bashir.jiwani@fraserhealth.ca.
³ Aga Khan University, Karachi 74000, Pakistan.
⁴ Ethics Area, Divinity School, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
⁵ Department of Biomedical Ethics, Research Center for Islamic Legislation & Ethics (CILE), Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar.
⁶ Department of History of Medicine and Ethics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34093, Turkey.
⁷ Regenerative Medicine Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and Program for Clinical Translation of Regenerative Medicine in Catalonia (P-CMR[C]), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08908 Barcelona, Spain; Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), 28029 Madrid, Spain; Institució Catalana de Recerca I Estudis Avançats (ICREA), 08010 Barcelona, Spain.
⁸ Department of Philosophy, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada 9500-321, Portugal.
⁹ Faculty of Law, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon 1099-032, Portugal.
¹⁰ School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, Porto 4099-002, Portugal.
¹¹ Faculty of Law and the School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H5, Canada.
¹² Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H5, Canada; Counsel, Dentons, Edmonton, AB T5J 0K4, Canada.
¹³ Board of Trustees, Aga Khan University, Karachi 74000, Pakistan.
¹⁴ The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, UK.
¹⁵ Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada.
¹⁶ Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
¹⁷ Centre for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, Aga Khan University, Karachi 74000, Pakistan.

PMID: 35395176
PMCID: PMC9133579
DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2022.03.008

Diversifying stem cell debates: Including Muslim contexts and perspectives

Rana Dajani et al. Stem Cell Reports. 2022.

. 2022 May 10;17(5):1019-1022.

doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2022.03.008. Epub 2022 Apr 7.

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Hashemite University, Zarqa 13133, Jordan.
² Ethics and Diversity Services, Fraser Health Authority, Surrey, BC V3T 0H1, Canada. Electronic address: bashir.jiwani@fraserhealth.ca.
³ Aga Khan University, Karachi 74000, Pakistan.
⁴ Ethics Area, Divinity School, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
⁵ Department of Biomedical Ethics, Research Center for Islamic Legislation & Ethics (CILE), Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar.
⁶ Department of History of Medicine and Ethics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34093, Turkey.
⁷ Regenerative Medicine Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and Program for Clinical Translation of Regenerative Medicine in Catalonia (P-CMR[C]), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08908 Barcelona, Spain; Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), 28029 Madrid, Spain; Institució Catalana de Recerca I Estudis Avançats (ICREA), 08010 Barcelona, Spain.
⁸ Department of Philosophy, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada 9500-321, Portugal.
⁹ Faculty of Law, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon 1099-032, Portugal.
¹⁰ School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, Porto 4099-002, Portugal.
¹¹ Faculty of Law and the School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H5, Canada.
¹² Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H5, Canada; Counsel, Dentons, Edmonton, AB T5J 0K4, Canada.
¹³ Board of Trustees, Aga Khan University, Karachi 74000, Pakistan.
¹⁴ The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, UK.
¹⁵ Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada.
¹⁶ Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
¹⁷ Centre for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, Aga Khan University, Karachi 74000, Pakistan.

PMID: 35395176
PMCID: PMC9133579
DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2022.03.008

Abstract

Greater transcultural and transdisciplinary engagement within Muslim contexts and deliberate inclusion of diverse Muslim voices in the development of international guidelines is required to improve understanding of the state of stem cell science, strengthen thinking about attendant ethical complexities, enhance compliance, deepen public deliberation, increase trust, and strengthen practice standards.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest All authors are members of the Aga Khan University Thinking Group on Ethics and Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cell Research and Associated Therapies. J.R. is a member of the Editorial Board for Stem Cell Reports, Steering Group for the 2021 ISSCR Stem Cell Guidelines, and Board of Directors of Notch Therapeutics. H.d.M. is a member of the National Council on Medically Assisted Reproduction, Vice-President of the Portuguese Bioethics Association, President of the Association for the Study of Biolaw, and invited Professor of Porto Medical School.

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