The human pluripotent stem cell: Impact on medicine and society

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Edwards, Brian E ^a   Gearhart, John D ^a   Wallach, Edward E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

fetal tissue research; fetal tissue transplantation research; human embryo research; human embryonic stem cell; Human pluripotent stem cell; medical ethics

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DONOR; EMBRYO; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

EMBRYO; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; STEM CELLS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 0033919344     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)00583-5     Document Type: Review

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