Potentiality of embryonic stem cell: An ethical problem even with alternative stem cell sources

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 665-671

  Denker, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; BLASTOMERE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORULA; NONHUMAN; PATENT; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; TERATOMA; TETRAPLOIDY; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELL;

ADULT; ADULT STEM CELLS; BLASTOMERES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONE CELLS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MORULA; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; TERATOMA; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 33751232604     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.014738     Document Type: Article

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