A burgeoning science of embryological genetics demands a modern ethics

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 34-40

  Edwards, R G ^a  

^a Dry Drayton   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cloning; Human embryo; Moral philosophy; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIOMEDICINE; CLONING; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DONOR; EMBRYOLOGY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; LEGAL ASPECT; MAMMAL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVULATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIETY; SPERMATOZOON; STEM CELL;

EID: 34548752934     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60356-2     Document Type: Article

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