Magic eggs and the frontier of stem cell science

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 16-19

  Hyun, Insoo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BLASTOCYST; CLONING; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ETHICS; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KOREA; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

BLASTOCYST; CLONING, ORGANISM; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KOREA; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 33645947969     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.2006.0025     Document Type: Review

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