Europe confronts the embryonic stem cell research challenge

Science

Volumn 287, Issue 5457, 2000, Pages 1425-1427

  Lenoir, Noëlle ^a  

^a Conseil Constitutionnel ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; EMBRYO; ETHICS; EUROPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LAW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STEM CELL;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COUNCIL OF EUROPE; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND BIOMEDICINE; EUROPEAN GROUP ON ETHICS IN SCIENCE AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES; EUROPEAN UNION; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS; LEGAL APPROACH; VALUES;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BIOETHICS; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL VALUES; STEM CELLS; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0034712073     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5457.1425     Document Type: Short Survey

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