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Abstract
Despite the increasing visibility of the LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and other expansive genders or sexual orientations) community, LGBTQ+ persons continue to face significant barriers, discrimination, and stigmatization in the health care space. The unique challenges faced by LGBTQ+ persons in healthcare led bioethicists to develop queer bioethics. This approach to ethical reflection suggests that we should develop understanding of biomedical and biological topics related to LGBTQ+ persons and that we should examine topics not traditionally associated with LGBTQ+ persons through a queer lens. Here, we argue that queer bioethics provides valuable new perspectives for improving stem cell science. We examine specific issues that should be examined using a queer bioethical framework for the benefit of all persons and the overall advancement of stem cell science. We specifically address strategies for stem cell donation recruitment, creation of more comprehensive stem cell models for precision medicine, and the promotion of more inclusive practices for LGBTQ+ persons in the stem cell science workforce. We contend that these important and timely topics provide suitable starting points for applying a queer bioethical perspective to stem cell research and regenerative medicine. Furthermore, we underscore the importance of addressing these topics in the current political climate.
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Regenerative medicine replaces or regenerates human cells, tissue or organs, to restore or establish normal function*. Since 2006, Regenerative Medicine has been at the forefront of publishing the very best papers and reviews covering the entire regenerative medicine sector. The journal focusses on the entire spectrum of approaches to regenerative medicine, including small molecule drugs, biologics, biomaterials and tissue engineering, and cell and gene therapies – it’s all about regeneration and not a specific platform technology. The journal’s scope encompasses all aspects of the sector ranging from discovery research, through to clinical development, through to commercialization. Regenerative Medicine uniquely supports this important area of biomedical science and healthcare by providing a peer-reviewed journal totally committed to publishing the very best regenerative medicine research, clinical translation and commercialization.
Regenerative Medicine provides a specialist forum to address the important challenges and advances in regenerative medicine, delivering this essential information in concise, clear and attractive article formats – vital to a rapidly growing, multidisciplinary and increasingly time-constrained community.
Despite substantial developments in our knowledge and understanding of regeneration, the field is still in its infancy. However, progress is accelerating. The next few decades will see the discovery and development of transformative therapies for patients, and in some cases, even cures. Regenerative Medicine will continue to provide a critical overview of these advances as they progress, undergo clinical trials, and eventually become mainstream medicine.
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