Moral complicity in induced pluripotent stem cell research

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-22

  Brown, Mark T ^a  

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ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; COMPLICITY; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ETHICS; HUMAN; PEER REVIEW; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; POLICY; RESEARCH ETHICS;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; COMPLICITY; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 65249166946     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ken.0.0270     Document Type: Article

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