At the edge of humanity: Human stem cells, chimeras, and moral status

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 347-370

  Streiffer, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHIMERA; COGNITION; DISEASE MODEL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ETHICS; FETUS; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORALITY; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; XENOGRAFT;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BIOMEDICAL ENHANCEMENT; CHIMERA; COGNITION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; FETUS; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 30144434592     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ken.2005.0030     Document Type: Review

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