Human Resource Regulatory Act of United Kingdom
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Human Resource Regulatory Act of United Kingdom
Added on 2020-05-01
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Running head: HUMAN TISSUE REGULATORY ACT OF UNITED KINGDOMUK REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE USE OF HUMAN TISSUE IN RESEARCHName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note
HUMAN TISSUE REGULATORY ACT OF UNITED KINGDOM1Human tissue is the mass of cells that represents an internal environment of the humanbody and researchers uses this human environment to find out different facts about diseases, theirtreatment and their signs and symptoms (Lonsdale et al. 2013). The first human cell line used inthe research is HeLa in 1951 and it was derived from Henrietta Lacks, a patient suffering fromcancer. Biologist George Otto Gey found her cell line appropriate for research purpose becauseof its immortal nature(malignant cell property) and this way the invention of immortal cell linewas created (Adey et al. 2013). Usage of human tissue for medical research and development raises many ethical and lawrelated problems around the state of European Union. The procurement, storage, and allocationof human tissue for research purposes have posed noteworthy questions over recent years, and adifferent high profile scandal in the UK encouraged the publication of the Madden Report onPost Mortem Exercise and Trials in Irish hospitals in 2006. Moreover, tissue-relatedinvestigation tends to be most encouraging if samples and material are shared through domesticborders, but the heterogeneity of present rules and strategies within the member states of theEuropean Union and the United Kingdom calls all the more for explanation (Best and Kahn2016). This essay will be reviewing the different rules and regulations of the Human Tissue Act(HT) 2004 of United Kingdom and the human tissue quality and safety regulation (2007) indetail. This HT act 2004 covers the entire England, Northern Ireland and Wales with theexclusion of the provisions regarding the use of DNA and this applies to the Scotland as well.This act establishes the authority of Human Tissue (HTA) to regulate different concerns aboutthe storage, removal and disposal of the human tissue. However, Scotland has a separatelegislation for that and it is termed as the Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 (Human Tissue
HUMAN TISSUE REGULATORY ACT OF UNITED KINGDOM2Authority 2017) because it is a part of Scottish parliament. The European Union Tissue and CellDirectives (EUTCD) have implemented another act for the Human Tissue (Quality and Safetyfor human application) Regulation 2007 (The Human Tissue Q and S Regulations, 2017).Therefore, HTA is termed as the competent authority in the UK regarding the use of humantissue in research and development. The strength of this human tissue act is its integrity andwidespread nature. It also allows the honest and ethical distribution of organs around the UK andthe chances of corruption are less because of its ability to crosscheck the donation procedure(Whitburn, Marsden and Sooriakumaran 2017). The HTA is also the Capable Authority in the UK for the application of the EuropeanUnion Directive 2010/53/EU on the ethics of quality and safety of human organs envisioned for.These requirements of the directive are transferred into the UK law through the regulations of theQuality and Safety of those organs, which are intended, to relocation Regulation 2012. This act isgenerally termed as Quality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation Regulations2012. These ethics for use of human tissue in research falls under twenty-nine code of ethics(The Human Tissue Q and S Transplantation Regulations, 2017). The important points of thesecodes are- Consent. donation of solid organs for transplantation, examination for post mortem,anatomical examination, human tissue disposal, donation of allogeneic bone marrow andperipheral blood stem cells for organ transplantation, public display, export import of humanbodies, parts and tissues and finally research. There are several strengths and weaknesses, which are associated with the human tissueand many more acts that deals with human organ or tissue transplantation in UK. The strengthsare decrease in the number of human organ trafficking. Patients in need are easily applying forthe organ requirement after the formation of the transplantation act 2012. Finally, the major
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