Ethical considerations in chimera research

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-5

  Hermerén, Göran ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; RESEARCH ETHICS; STEM CELL RESEARCH; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ETHICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CHIMERA; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

EID: 84918582182     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.119024     Document Type: Article

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