Thinking about the human neuron mouse

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 27-40

  Greely, Henry T ^a,c   Cho, Mildred K ^a   Hogle, Linda F ^b   Satz, Debra M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c STANFORD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHIMERA; ETHICS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CHIMERA; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, SCID; NEURONS; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA;

EID: 34248571542     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160701290371     Document Type: Review

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