Partial relief from the regulatory vacuum involving human tissues through enactment of chapter 8 of the National Health Act and regulations thereto

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 736-737

  Pepper, Michael S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CELL THERAPY; CLONING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOMATIC CELL; SOUTH AFRICA; STEM CELL;

HUMANS; SOUTH AFRICA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84867452418     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.5940     Document Type: Article

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