Chimera research and stem cell therapies for human neurodegenerative disorders

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-208

  Baylis, Françoise ^a   Fenton, Andrew ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; PRIMATE; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PRIMATES; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA;

EID: 33947364388     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180107070211     Document Type: Review

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