'New embryos' - New challenges for the ethics of stem cell research

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 257-262

  Holm, Søren ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Altered nuclear transfer; Embryos; Ethics; Human embryonic stem cells; Parthenogenesis; Stem cells; Tetraploid complementation

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOPSY; BLASTOCYST; CELL LINE; CELL SEPARATION; CLONING, ORGANISM; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; PARTHENOGENESIS; POLYPLOIDY;

EID: 43049109897     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000116763     Document Type: Review

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