The politics of human embryo research and the motivation to achieve PGD

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 457-471

  Theodosiou, Anastasia A ^a   Johnson, Martin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enoch Powell; HFE Act; History; Human embryo research; PGD

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; POLITICS; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; ETHICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 79959352246     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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