The biopolitics of frozen embryos

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-247

  Monti, Manuela ^a   Redi, Carlo A ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biopolitics; Frozen embryo; Functional genome; Human being; Scientific citizenship; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; BIOPOLITICS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECISION MAKING; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; FROZEN EMBRYO; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MEDICAL ETHICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENOME; PLANT REPRODUCTION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SCIENCE;

BEGINNING OF HUMAN LIFE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENOME; HUMANS; PERSONHOOD; POLITICS; RELIGION AND SCIENCE; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79959462172     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.103281mm     Document Type: Article

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