title: Pre-embryo research.
abstract: The subject is first identified in terms of the new understanding of a pre-embryonic phase preceding the traditional embryonic and fetal periods of formation and development. Sample fields and purposes of pre-embryonic research are instanced, some with direct therapeutic intent, others with foreseeable but not immediate clinical application. The ethics are discussed, first to answer the question, should it be done at all, and then, how it may be properly done.
authors.affiliation: University of London, England.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Dunstan
mesh_terms: D037881:Aborted Fetus; D001675:Bioethics; D010064:Embryo Implantation; D033041:Embryo Research; D005260:Female; D005306:Fertilization; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D005333:Fetus; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility; D038622:Internationality; D008297:Male; D018587:Oocyte Donation; D009865:Oocytes; D010063:Ovum; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012106:Research; D035845:Research Embryo Creation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D013094:Spermatozoa; D026712:Value of Life