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Nature Medicine 14, 699 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nm0708-699b

Brazilian court decision eases scientists' stem cell worries

Rodrigo Squizato1

  1. São Paulo

Among Latin American countries, Brazil was an early adopter of embryonic stem cell research: in 2005 the nation's legislators approved a biosecurity law that included a section supporting the scientific use of such cells.However, this early legal acceptance of stem cell research was quickly thrown into doubt.