Stem cells clinical trials for cardiac repair: Regulation as practical accomplishment

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-105

  Wilson Kovacs, Dana M ^a   Weber, Susanne ^a   Hauskeller, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Comparative case studies; Regulation; Stem cell research

Indexed keywords

ADULT STEM CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EUROPEAN UNION; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; STANDARD; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; EUROPEAN UNION; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 77952483178     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01191.x     Document Type: Article

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