title: Jewish views on the beginnings of human life and the use of medical intervention to produce children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics and Center for Bioethics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA. jdl5@columbia.edu
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Loike
authors.forename: Ruth L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Fischbach
authors.forename: Moshe D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Tendler
mesh_terms: D033421:Beginning of Human Life / Q000941:ethics*; D005333:Fetus; D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000941:ethics*; D024861:Genetic Enhancement / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D007599:Judaism; D028723:Personhood; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000941:ethics*; D015053:Zygote