Human cloning, stem cell research: An Islamic perspective

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1507-1514

  Al Aqeel, Aida I ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ETHICS; FAMILY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN CLONING; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLITICS; RELIGION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SHARIAI'HA LAW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLONING, ORGANISM; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; ISLAM; STEM CELLS;

EID: 74749105016     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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