The Brainstorm Organoid Project: A Collaboration of Bioethics and Neuroscience to Advance Brain Organoid Research
摘要
The Brainstorm Organoid Project, funded by the NIH BRAIN Initiative, was designed to position bioethicists to work closely with scientists in identifying potential issues at the earliest stages of human brain organoid research. This proactive and ongoing approach enabled bioethical and scientific collaborators to arrive at conclusions that would have been difficult for either to have discovered alone. One specific example of the benefits of ongoing collaboration was enabling of scientists and bioethicists to work together to facilitate responsible commercialization of neural organoids. This collaborative approach could be a viable model for other science and engineering fields to benefit from contributions through the humanities.