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Nature Medicine 8, 1338 (2002)
doi:10.1038/nm1202-1338a

Embryos to be treated as human subjects

Marlene Cimons1

  1. Washington, D.C.

The Bush Administration has revamped the charter of the federal advisory committee that addresses the safety of research volunteers, declaring for the first time that embryos used in research are 'human subjects' entitled to the same protections as fetuses, children and adults. "It begs the question of what is a human," says Harvard University's Douglas Melton.

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United States of America: Life Science Organizations
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