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The Ethical Case against Stem Cell Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2003

SØREN HOLM
Affiliation:
Søren Holm, M.D., Ph.D., is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Medical Philosophy and Clinical Theory, Faculty of Health Sciences, at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Extract

The possibility of creating human embryonic stem cell lines from the inner cell mass of blastocysts has led to considerable debate about how these scientific developments should be regulated. Part of this debate has focused on the ethical analysis and part on how this analysis should influence policymaking.

Type
SPECIAL SECTION: BIOETHICS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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