Not "human" enough to be human but not animal enough to be "animal" - The case of the HFEA, cybrids and xenotransplantation in the UK

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-17

  Haddow, Gill ^a   Bruce, Ann ^a   Calvert, Jane ^a   Harmon, Shawn H E ^a   Marsden, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admixed embryos; Identity; Regulation; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL GENETICS; CELL TRANSFER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CYBRID; DNA DETERMINATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STEM CELL; UNITED KINGDOM; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77951229404     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: 14699915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14636770903561182     Document Type: Review

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