The Islamic ethics of mitochondria transplantation

Biotechnology has opened a new chapter with the advent of mitochondria transplantation for cell-based therapy. Mitochondrial transplantation was successfully led to birth; however, cytoplasmic transplantation has caused apprehension, since the mixing of human ooplasm from two different maternal sour...

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Main Authors:	Bouzenita, Anke Iman, Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	Kulliyyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia 2016
Subjects:	TP248.13 Biotechnology
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/51626/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/51626/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/51626/1/51626_The_Islamic_Ethics_of_Mitochondria_Transplantation.pdf

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spelling	iium-516262018-05-24T02:27:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/51626/ The Islamic ethics of mitochondria transplantation Bouzenita, Anke Iman Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed TP248.13 Biotechnology Biotechnology has opened a new chapter with the advent of mitochondria transplantation for cell-based therapy. Mitochondrial transplantation was successfully led to birth; however, cytoplasmic transplantation has caused apprehension, since the mixing of human ooplasm from two different maternal sources may generate mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) heteroplasmy in the offspring. Islamic legal verdicts on human cloning and somatic cell transfer have been overweighingly explicit as to its prohibition, due to the change of creation, mixing of lineage and other evaluations.Is mitochondria transplantation equivalent to human cloning in that genetic information is proliferated, and does it therefore take the same legal rule? Are there possible benefits (masalih) for medical treatment that may render mitochondria transplantation permissible, or are possible harms (mafasid) overweighing? Or is it a completely different procedure, taking a different rule?The paper will investigate into these questions and discuss the dimensions of Islamic ethics on the issue. Kulliyyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51626/1/51626_The_Islamic_Ethics_of_Mitochondria_Transplantation.pdf Bouzenita, Anke Iman and Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed (2016) The Islamic ethics of mitochondria transplantation. In: 4th International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering 2016 (ICBioE 2016), 25th-27th July 2016, Kuala Lumpur. http://www.iium.edu.my/icbioe/2016/
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spellingShingle	TP248.13 Biotechnology Bouzenita, Anke Iman Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed The Islamic ethics of mitochondria transplantation
description	Biotechnology has opened a new chapter with the advent of mitochondria transplantation for cell-based therapy. Mitochondrial transplantation was successfully led to birth; however, cytoplasmic transplantation has caused apprehension, since the mixing of human ooplasm from two different maternal sources may generate mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) heteroplasmy in the offspring. Islamic legal verdicts on human cloning and somatic cell transfer have been overweighingly explicit as to its prohibition, due to the change of creation, mixing of lineage and other evaluations.Is mitochondria transplantation equivalent to human cloning in that genetic information is proliferated, and does it therefore take the same legal rule? Are there possible benefits (masalih) for medical treatment that may render mitochondria transplantation permissible, or are possible harms (mafasid) overweighing? Or is it a completely different procedure, taking a different rule?The paper will investigate into these questions and discuss the dimensions of Islamic ethics on the issue.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Bouzenita, Anke Iman Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed
author_facet	Bouzenita, Anke Iman Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed
author_sort	Bouzenita, Anke Iman
title	The Islamic ethics of mitochondria transplantation
title_short	The Islamic ethics of mitochondria transplantation
title_full	The Islamic ethics of mitochondria transplantation
title_fullStr	The Islamic ethics of mitochondria transplantation
title_full_unstemmed	The Islamic ethics of mitochondria transplantation
title_sort	islamic ethics of mitochondria transplantation
publisher	Kulliyyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/51626/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/51626/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/51626/1/51626_The_Islamic_Ethics_of_Mitochondria_Transplantation.pdf
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