Aspects on properties, use and ethical considerations of embryonic stem cells - A short review

Cytotechnology

Volumn 41, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 59-68

  Borge, Ole Johan ^a   Evers, Kathinka ^b  

^a Norwegian Biotech Advisory Board   (Norway)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cell; Ethics; Stem cell research

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO; ETHICS; FETUS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICS; REPRODUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0041381026     PISSN: 09209069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024862403630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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