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- Different faiths, different views on stem cells. Lampman, Jane // Christian Science Monitor;7/23/2001, Vol. 93 Issue 166, p1
Discusses the viewpoint of different faiths on the ethics of embryonic stem cell research.
- EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE: PHILOSOPHICAL AND LEGAL REFLECTIONS. McCartney, James J. // Albany Law Review;2002, Vol. 65 Issue 3, p597
Focuses on embryonic stem cell research, cloning, parthenogenesis and their moral aspects and treatment in U.S. jurisprudence. Description of stem cells and their relation to cloning; Ideas concerning respect for human life; Ethical issues involving stem cells from living persons or from...
- Embryonic Stem cell research - The case for... Winston, Robert // Nature Medicine;Apr2001, Vol. 7 Issue 4, p396
Defends the approval of research in the use of embryonic stem (ES) cells by the British government. Reason for provision of legislative support to ES cell research; Questions to be addressed regarding the morality behind stem cell therapy; Comment of the author on the purpose of cloning...
- Stem Cell Challenges. Kavanaugh, John F. // America;9/17/2001, Vol. 185 Issue 7, p22
Discusses the ethical aspects of embryonic stem cell research. Possible instruments for curing neural, heart and liver diseases; Option in order to prevent immune rejection in embryonic stem cells; Reason for the interest of science in any embryonic stem cell.
- Blow to German stem-cell prospects. Abbott, Alison // Nature;11/15/2001, Vol. 414 Issue 6861, p238
Focuses on the research on human embryonic stem cells in Germany. Closure on the legalization of the human ES cells importation; Deliberations over the embryonic cells approbation; Regulations on the importation of the human ES cells under the National Ethics Council.
- THE ETHICS WEAVE IN HUMAN GENOMICS, EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH AND THERAPEUTIC CLONING: PROMOTING AND PROTECTING SOCIETY'S INTERESTS. Magill, Gerard // Albany Law Review;2002, Vol. 65 Issue 3, p701
Argues that there is an ethics connection between human genomics and embryonic stem cell research based on respecting the value of human life. Case study of the first documented medical therapy to combine human genomics and embryonic stem cell research; History of human genomics; Ethical debate...
- MAKING STEM CELLS FROM SKIN. Wenner, Melinda // Popular Science;Oct2008, Vol. 273 Issue 4, p54
The article reports that scientists have discovered how to make stem cells from skin, potentially solving the ethical problems associated with obtaining stem cells from embryos. Scientists led by Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University in Japan discovered four genes which turned human skin cells...
- Medical promise or moral poison? McGovern, Celeste // Report / Newsmagazine (National Edition);10/09/2000, Vol. 27 Issue 11, p42
Focuses on the debate over human embryo stem cell research. Mention of the United States Stem Cell Research Act of 2000; Morality of using embryos for research purposes; Possibility that adult stem cells can be used in the same way as embryonic cells; Practice of tissue engineering in Great...
- Medical promise or moral poison? McGovern, Celeste // Report / Newsmagazine (BC Edition);10/09/2000, Vol. 27 Issue 11, p42
Focuses on the debate over human embryo stem cell research. Mention of the United States Stem Cell Research Act of 2000; Morality of using embryos for research purposes; Possibility that adult stem cells can be used in the same way as embryonic cells; Practice of tissue engineering in Great...
