TITLE

THE ETHICS WEAVE IN HUMAN GENOMICS, EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH AND THERAPEUTIC CLONING: PROMOTING AND PROTECTING SOCIETY'S INTERESTS

AUTHOR(S)

Magill, Gerard

PUB. DATE

February 2002

SOURCE

Albany Law Review;2002, Vol. 65 Issue 3, p701

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

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 on embryonic stem cell research and human cloning.

ACCESSION #

6658604

Tags: HUMAN genetics -- Moral & ethical aspects;  HUMAN cloning -- Moral & ethical aspects;  EMBRYONIC stem cells -- Moral & ethical aspects

 

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