Human embryonic stem cells: The real challenge for research as well as for bioethics is still ahead of us - An editorial

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 250-256

  Denker, Hans Werner ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative sources; Bioethics; Embryonic stem cells; Stem cells; Tetraploid complementation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; TETRAPLOIDY;

ANIMALS; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CELL LINE; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; POLYPLOIDY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 43049086342     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000116612     Document Type: Article

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