A regulatory patchwork - Human ES cell research oversight

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-163

  Knowles, Lori P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CANADA; CELL CLONING; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; ETHICS; EUROPEAN UNION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IDEOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IRELAND; ISRAEL; LAW; MIDDLE EAST; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SINGAPORE; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS; STEM CELL; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LEGAL APPROACH;

CLONING, ORGANISM; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0742305696     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0204-157     Document Type: Review

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