The UK stem cell bank: Creating safe stem cell lines and public support?

New Genetics, New Social Formations

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 37-48

  Kater, Loes ^a  

^a QANU (Quality Assurance Netherlands Universities)   (Netherlands)

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EID: 81255209757     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203962893     Document Type: Chapter

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