Moving human embryonic stem cells from legislature to lab: Remaining legal and ethical questions

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 571-575

  Greely, Henry T ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Program on Stem Cells in Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL LINE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FROZEN SECTION; GAMETE; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OOCYTE; ORGAN DONOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; DONOR; ECONOMICS; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ETHICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; PATENT; POLICY;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CALIFORNIA; CELL LINE; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; PUBLIC POLICY; STATE GOVERNMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744492842     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030143     Document Type: Review

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