A cold yield. Cryopreserved oocytes of “social freezing” customers as potential option values for biomedical research

IF 1.3 4区 医学 Q4 BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
Alexander Friedrich
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Abstract

While the demand for “social freezing” services has increased significantly in recent years, the number of cryopreserved eggs that are actually being used in treatment remains very low, so far. Both tendencies indicate a continuously growing stock of unused oocytes. In this article, I discuss the possibility that the growing stock could be co-opted to solve the problem of egg procurement especially for biomedical research. As a consequence, the secondary utilization of female fertility resources would become their main form of use. However, this would finally turn the customers of fertility services into unintended productive forces of a cryotechnologically advanced bioeconomy. The paper discusses the risk of a subtle form of exploitation that could be associated with this reproductive service in the future, which will pose further challenges for the practice of informed consent.
冷产量。“社会冷冻”客户的冷冻卵母细胞作为生物医学研究的潜在选择价值
虽然近年来对“社会冷冻”服务的需求显著增加,但到目前为止,实际用于治疗的冷冻卵子数量仍然非常少。这两种趋势都表明未使用卵母细胞的存量在不断增加。在这篇文章中,我讨论的可能性,可以利用生长的库存来解决鸡蛋的采购问题,特别是用于生物医学研究。因此,女性生育资源的二次利用将成为其主要利用形式。然而,这最终会将生育服务的客户转变为冷冻技术先进的生物经济的意想不到的生产力。本文讨论了一种微妙的剥削形式的风险,这种剥削形式可能与未来的生殖服务有关,这将对知情同意的实践构成进一步的挑战。
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New Genetics and Society
New Genetics and Society 生物-生物工程与应用微生物
CiteScore
4.30
自引率
16.70%
发文量
19
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: New Genetics and Society: Critical Studies of Contemporary Biosciences is a world-leading journal which: -Provides a focus for interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary, leading-edge social science research on the new genetics and related biosciences; -Publishes theoretical and empirical contributions reflecting its multi-faceted development; -Provides an international platform for critical reflection and debate; -Is an invaluable research resource for the many related professions, including health, medicine and the law, wishing to keep abreast of fast changing developments in contemporary biosciences. New Genetics and Society publishes papers on the social aspects of the new genetics (widely defined), including gene editing, genomics, proteomics, epigenetics and systems biology; and the rapidly developing biosciences such as biomedical and reproductive therapies and technologies, xenotransplantation, stem cell research and neuroscience. Our focus is on developing a better understanding of the social, legal, ethical and policy aspects, including their local and global management and organisation.
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