Cybrid human embryos - warranting opportunities to augment embryonic stem cell research

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 469-474

  Fulka Jr , Josef ^a   Fulka, Helena ^a,b   St John, Justin ^b   Galli, Cesare ^c,d   Lazzari, Giovanna ^d   Lagutina, Irina ^d   Fulka, Josef ^e   Loi, Pasqualino ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d Laboratorio di Tecnologie della Riproduzione   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL GROWTH; CHEMOTHERAPY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG DOSAGE; DRUG PRODUCTS PLANTS; DRUG THERAPY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH;

DRUG TARGETING; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EMBRYONIC STEM-CELL RESEARCH; ETHICAL ASPECTS; HUMAN CELLS; HUMAN EMBRYOS; HYBRID EMBRYOS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES; SOMATIC CELLS;

CELLS;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CYBRID; DEJA VU; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HYBRID CELL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CLONING, ORGANISM; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES; RESEARCH EMBRYO CREATION; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 48849085431     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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