Admixed human embryos and stem cells: Legislative, ethical and scientific advances

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 25-32

  Bahadur, Gulam ^a   Iqbal, M ^a   Malik, S ^b   Sanyal, A ^a   Wafa, R ^a   Noble, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chimera; Embryos; Ethics; HFEA; Hybrid; Legislation; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CHIMERA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CYBRID; EMBRYO RESEARCH; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC OPINION; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; STEM CELL;

EID: 48249156986     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60187-3     Document Type: Article

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