Embryonic stem cell research: will President Bush's limitation on federal funding put the United States at a disadvantage? A comparison between U.S. and international law.
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II. THE SCIENCE OF STEM CELL RESEARCH ......................... 627 A. What are Stem Cells? ................................................ 627 B. The Potential Benefits............................................... 629 C. The Ethical Debate.................................................... 630 1. The First Ethical Debate: Destruction of the Embryo................................................................. 630 2. The Second Ethical Debate: Cloning ................... 634
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Houston journal of international law
دوره 25 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003