An obscure rider obstructing science: The conflation of parthenotes with embryos in the Dickey-Wicker amendment

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 20-28

  Rodriguez, Sarah ^a   Campo Engelstein, Lisa ^a   Tingen, Candace ^a   Woodruff, Teresa ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dickey Wicker Amendment; Embryos; Parthenogenesis; Public funding; Scientific research

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ETHICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; PARTHENOGENESIS; UNITED STATES;

EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PARTHENOGENESIS; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952510073     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2010.546472     Document Type: Article

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