Ethical sourcing of human embryonic stem cells--rational solutions?
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.
Evans
Martin
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Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3US, UK. evansmj@cardiff.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D033041:Embryo Research / Q000941:ethics*; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D039904:Pluripotent Stem Cells / Q000637:transplantation*