ZYGOTES & BLASTOCYSTS
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- The meaning of life. // Nature;7/19/2001, Vol. 412 Issue 6844, p255
Reports that pro-life groups have denounced the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Virginia for claiming to have created human embryos in vitro for the sole purpose of harvesting embryonic stem cells. Potential of stem cell research in reproductive medicine; How mammalian life starts;...
- HELPING HAND. Scholl, David // Commonweal;4/24/2009, Vol. 136 Issue 8, p4
A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Life & Science" in the March 27, 2009 issue.
- Embryonic stem cells: The end doesn't justify the means. Lee, Jacqueline // U.S. Catholic;Jan2002, Vol. 67 Issue 1, p24
Argues that the promise of treating many diseases held by stem cell research can never justify the destruction of human life in the process. Main advantages of embryonic stem cells, according to its supporters; Percent of Catholics surveyed that support stem cell research; Principles that...
- A Comparative Approach To The Regulation Of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research In Europe. Halliday, Samantha // Medical Law Review;Mar2004, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p40
The article discusses the controversies surrounding the research in human embryonic stem cells in Europe. It mentions that human embryonic stem cells research offers a prospect of great medical benefits but requires research on human embryo and destroy the embryo from which they are taken. It...
- Local Researchers Offer Ideas on Stem-Cell Debate. Webb, Marion // San Diego Business Journal;7/30/2001, Vol. 22 Issue 31, p5A
Focuses on the monitor made by researchers and members of the biotech community on the debate of stem-cell research funding in San Diego, California. Views of on the advantages and disadvantages of embryonic stem-cell research; Comparison between adult and embryonic stem cells; Sponsorship of...
- The environments of stem cells-- biology, ethics and policy. // CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal;4/16/2002, Vol. 166 Issue 8, p1005
Editorial. Focuses on the ethical controversy surrounding human embryonic stem cell research. Policy of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) which permits harvesting of stem cells from spare embryos created by in-vitro fertilization, prohibits some research such as human cloning,...
- Why is Ottawa so scared of the stem cell? Gray, Charlotte // CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal;4/16/2002, Vol. 166 Issue 8, p1074
Reports on the debate between politicians and scientists over the ethics of embryonic stem cell research in Ottawa, Ontario. Outrage sparked by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) when it published guidelines on the research; Way that it has turned into a parlimentary reform...
- Embryo as epiphenomenon: some cultural, social and economic forces driving the stem cell debate. Green, R. M. // Journal of Medical Ethics;Dec2008, Vol. 34 Issue 12, p840
Our human embryonic stem cell debates are not simply about good or bad ethical arguments. The fetus and the embryo have instead become symbols for a larger set of value conflicts occasioned by social and cultural changes. Beneath our stem cell debates lie conflicts between those who would...
- Deconstructing Obama on embryonic stem cells. // Our Sunday Visitor;4/12/2009, Vol. 97 Issue 50, p5
The author comments on the transcript of U.S. President Barack Obama's March 24, 2009 press conference on embryonic stem cell research.
