Altered nuclear transfer as a morally acceptable means for the procurement of human embryonic stem cells

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-228

  Hurlbut, William B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYST; CDX2 GENE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CONCEPTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GERM CELL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CLONING; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORALITY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; TERATOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 17744369076     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2005.0055     Document Type: Review

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