Ethical aspects of human embryonic stem cell research in the Islamic World: Positions and reflections

Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-161

  Ilkilic, Ilhan ^a   Ertin, Hakan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beginning of life; Ethics; Human embryonic stem cell research; Islam; Justice; The moral status of the embryo

Indexed keywords

BIOGENESIS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RELIGION; REVIEW; ISLAM;

BIOGENESIS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; ISLAM;

EID: 77953914727     PISSN: 15508943     EISSN: 15586804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12015-010-9117-6     Document Type: Review

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