Adam's fibroblast? The (pluri) potential of iPCs

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 65-66

  Chan, Sarah ^a   Harris, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; EDITORIAL; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL;

EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 39049164256     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2007.023937     Document Type: Editorial

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