Ethical issues and the commercialization of embryo culture media

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 74-76

  Biggers, John D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

culture media; embryos; IVF; patents

Indexed keywords

BALANCED SALT SOLUTION;

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MARKETING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATENT; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; SCIENTIST;

EID: 85006310572     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61942-6     Document Type: Note

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