Ethical sourcing of human embryonic stem cells--rational solutions?
Evans M
Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3US, UK. evansmj@cardiff.ac.uk
At the heart of the extensive ethical and regulatory debates that have surrounded human embryonic stem cells is the human pre-implantation embryo. Advances in the understanding of cellular reprogramming, both by cell nuclear replacement and by potential new protocols, should lead to methods that circumvent the use of a practicably viable embryo.
Published 2 August 2005 in Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol, 6(8): 663-7.
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