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- Stem cells?why wait? Meertens, Laurent; Mahieux, Renaud // Nature Medicine;Mar2000, Vol. 6 Issue 3, p231
Editorial. Emphasizes the need to hasten the formulation of guidelines for the ethical and legal use of human pluripotent stem cells in research. Use of stem cell research for the advancement of understanding of human embryology; Ability of researchers to gain funding for their research under...
- Embryonic stem cell research is not dehumanising us. Klostergaard, L. // Journal of Medical Ethics;Dec2009, Vol. 35 Issue 12, p13
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- Cellular Divide. Begley, Sharon; Murr, Andrew; Check, Erika // Bulletin with Newsweek;7/17/2001, Vol. 119 Issue 6283, p76
Reports on the controversies surrounding the medical research involving stem cells of human embryos. Diseases projected to be cured by the stem cells; Pro-life activists' protest against the medical research; Moral and ethical aspects of the issue; Scientific and medical capabilities of the...
- Bush stem-cell decision may be first of many. Belsie, Laurent // Christian Science Monitor;8/16/2001, Vol. 93 Issue 184, p2
Discusses the decision of the George W. Bush administration to provide limited funding for embryonic stem-cell research, the ethical questions in biomedical research, and the challenge of maintaining the quality of the 60 stem-cell lines.
- Kass to lead ES bioethics panel. Cimons, Marlene // Nature Medicine;Sep2001, Vol. 7 Issue 9, p982
Reports on the selection of bioethist Leon Kass from University of Chicago, Illinois, to head the council to oversee the scientific and ethical developments in the embryonic stem cell research debate going on in the United States as of September 2001. Educational achievements of Kass; His...
- Stem cell advance may not end debate. // Christian Century;12/25/2007, Vol. 124 Issue 26, p14
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- Korean women rush to donate eggs after research pioneer resigns. // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);12/3/2005, Vol. 331 Issue 7528, p1291
The article reports on the resignation of research Hwang Woo-suk as chairman of the recently formed World Stem Cell Hub. The author reviews how Hwang resigned after admitting that the eggs he used in his laboratory's research came from two junior researchers in his team and from paid donors....
- A Question of Life or Death. Woodward, Kenneth L. // Newsweek;7/9/2001, Vol. 138 Issue 2, p31
Discusses the debate surrounding the use of human embryos in stem cell research in the United States. Views of secular and religious institutions of whether cells are human or not; View that biology and common sense say that cells are human life in its earliest form; Question of what value...
- The bioethics of stem cell research and therapy. Insoo Hyun // Journal of Clinical Investigation;Jan2010, Vol. 120 Issue 1, p71
Discussion of the bioethics of human stem cell research has transitioned from controversies over the source of human embryonic stem cells to concerns about the ethical use of stem cells in basic and clinical research. Key areas in this evolving ethical discourse include the derivation and use of...
