Saviour embryos? Preimplantation genetic diagnosis as a therapeutic technology

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 667-674

  Sparrow, Robert ^a   Cram, David ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embryos; Ethics; IVF; PGD; Saviour siblings; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CLONING; CONCEPTION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; MEDICAL ETHICS; PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS; SIBLING; STEM CELL;

EID: 77952880721     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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