Manipulating human reproduction: A retrospective view on Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 149-154

  Pijnenborg, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

CLONING, ORGANISM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LITERATURE, MODERN; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; WEDGE ARGUMENT;

EID: 33645664292     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090627     Document Type: Review

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