A natural stem cell therapy? How novel findings and biotechnology clarify the ethics of stem cell research

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 235-239

  Patel, Parin ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FERTILIZATION; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; MORALS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 33645787858     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.012096     Document Type: Review

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