title: Translational research-the need of a new bioethics approach.
abstract: Translational research tries to apply findings from basic science to enhance human health and well-being. Many phases of the translational research may include non-medical tasks (information technology, engineering, nanotechnology, biochemistry, animal research, economy, sociology, psychology, politics, and so on). Using common bioethics principles to these areas might sometimes be not feasible, or even impossible. However, the whole process must respect some fundamental, moral principles. The purpose of this paper is to argument the need for a different approach to the morality in translational bioethics, and to suggest some directions that might be followed when constructing such a bioethics. We will show that a new approach is needed and present a few ethical issues that are specific to the translational research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine and Bioethics, Carol Davila University, Bucharest, Romania. soraer@gmail.com.|National Institute of Legal Medicine, Bucharest, Romania. soraer@gmail.com.|Sos.Vitan Barzesti 9, Sector 4, 042122, Bucharest, Romania. soraer@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sorin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hostiuc
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania. alin.moldoveanu@cs.pub.ro.
authors.forename: Alin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moldoveanu
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering in Foreign Languages, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania. maria.dascalu@upb.ro.
authors.forename: Maria-Iuliana
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Dascălu
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. runson@hi.is.
authors.forename: Runar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Unnthorsson
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. oij1@hi.is.
authors.forename: Ómar I
authors.initials: ÓI
authors.lastname: Jóhannesson
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. ioan.marcus@usamvcluj.ro.
authors.forename: Ioan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Marcus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001675:Bioethics; D006801:Humans; D058025:Interdisciplinary Studies; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000941:ethics*