Oversight framework over oocyte procurement for somatic cell nuclear transfer: Comparative analysis of the Hwang Woo Suk case under South Korean bioethics law and U.S. guidelines for human embryonic stem cell research

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 367-384

  Kim, Mi Kyung ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Human embryonic stem cell research; Human oocytes; Somatic cell nuclear transfer; The Bioethics and Biosafety Act of South Korea; The National Academies' Guidelines on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; BIOSAFETY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KOREA; LAW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DONATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (U.S.); NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72449208693     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-009-9113-5     Document Type: Review

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