Stem cells, embryos, and the environment: A context for both science and ethics

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 410-413

  Towns, C R ^a   Jones, D Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TYPE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROENVIRONMENT; PHASE TRANSITION; PLASTICITY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; SCIENCE; STEM CELL; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELL;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENT; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; STEM CELLS; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 4344695703     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2003.002386     Document Type: Article

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