Stem cell research, scientific freedom and the commodification concern. Vague concerns about possible commodification should not serve as justification to limit the freedom of research

EMBO Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-16

  Caulfield, Timothy ^a   Ogbogu, Ubaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFER; CELL TYPE; COMMODIFICATION; HUMAN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

COMMODIFICATION; FREEDOM; HUMANS; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

EID: 84655170117     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2011.232     Document Type: Article

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