The subsidiarity principle in the context of embryonic stem cell research

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1060-1064

  Pennings, Guido ^a   Van Steirteghem, André ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Embryo; Ethics; Research; Stem cells; Subsidiarity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL SELECTION; CELL TYPE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2442436814     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh142     Document Type: Article

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