Resumen de Introduction: Biomedical research in one world: Current and future challenges
Erick Valdés, Juan Alberto Lecaros Urzúa
Biomedicine has sparked interest around the world as it may offer knowledge about fundamental biological processes as well as latest generation breakthroughs to human health. Yet with these developments many questions arise about some technical aspects of achieving desired results and avoiding unwanted effects, and about a variety of uses that may include not only healing, but also preventing disease in current and future generations, or even altering traits unrelated to health needs. As the issue of biomedical regulation displays itself at national and international levels, collaborative bioethics must harmonize regulation in a context of different countries laws. Although problems and concerns are different in heterogeneous social and cultural contexts, the application of new biomedical breakthroughs is similar. Therefore, transnational and intercultural regulation is necessary, especially considering global epistemological and regulatory scopes of bioethics.
