Human embryonic stem cells: Research, ethics and policy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 672-682

  De Wert, Guido ^a   Mummery, Christine ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell therapy; Cloning; Embryos; Ethics; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; CELL CLONING; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO INDUCTION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0037386324     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg143     Document Type: Review

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