Actual Biomedicine’s Resources of and Criminal Risks

This article presents various scientific standpoints on the definition of biomedicine. The issues related to the application of biotechnology in medicine are highlighted. It is concluded that biomedical achievements allow to identify mechanisms of diseases, to produce new medical products and drugs, thus widening possibilities to more effectively make diagnosis and treatment. The paper defines the main areas of biomedicine: transplantation of human organs, vaccination, and assisted reproductive technologies. Due to the shortages of human organs and tissues fit for transplantation, modern additive technologies (3D bioprinting) seem the most promising for introducing into medical practice. The paper confirms that especially biomedicine helps to reduce patients’ mortality, as well as to increase their life expectancy and the birth rate in order to address the demographic problems. Ethical and legal problems linked to the use of the achievements of biomedicine are identified. Still there are some medical technologies which are in conflict with centuries-old cultural and religious values. When researching, including the procedures of medical experiments, scientists have to resolve ethical issues. Criminal risks associated with the use of biomedicine are identified. Criminally dangerous and most vulnerable in this respect might be human organ transplantation, pharmaceuticals, biomedical research on human beings, and assisted reproductive technologies. The article stresses that the improvement of legislation in the field of biomedicine should keep on going.