Reproductive cloning in humans and therapeutic cloning in primates: Is the ethical debate catching up with the recent scientific advances?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Camporesi, S ^a   Bortolotti, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLONING; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; PRIMATE; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CLONING, ORGANISM; EMBRYO RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMATES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RESEARCH EMBRYO CREATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 56749185538     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2007.023879     Document Type: Article

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