Ethical, Legal, and Societal Implications of Neural Organoids, Assembloids, and Their Transplantation: Lessons from Asilomar
Neuroethics 2026StanfordScheduleRegistration Researchers are now creating human neural organoids that can be combined into multi-organoid assembloids and/or transplanted into non-human animals, creating human/non-human chimeras. Alongside the scientific advances, neuroethicists are considering ethical question raised by these novel entities. While regulatory bodies exist that oversee stem cell research, human subjects research, and non-human animal research, many … Ethical, Legal, and Societal Implications of Neural Organoids, Assembloids, and Their Transplantation: Lessons from Asilomar