title: [Human embryos and tissue cultures: scientific, ethical and legal reflections].
abstract: Human cell therapy based on tissue transplantation can become an important tool in Medicine. In the last years, experimental evidence has proved that it could be possible to produce human tissue cultures derived from embryonic stem (ES) cells which are pluripotents. The topic is discussed from the scientific, ethical and legal points of view.
authors.affiliation: Catedrático de Genética, Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lacadena
mesh_terms: D001675:Bioethics; D017690:Cell Transplantation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends*; D019976:Cloning, Organism / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005306:Fertilization / Q000502:physiology; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research; D013234:Stem Cells