The context of embryonic development and its ethical relevance

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1147-1153

  Camporesi, Silvia ^a  

^a FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cells; Ethics; Human embryo; Research context

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR CLONING; PARENT; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLONING, ORGANISM; EMBRYO RESEARCH; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 34948905731     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.200700096     Document Type: Review

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