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Nature Reviews Genetics 8, 480-485 (June 2007) | doi:10.1038/nrg2066
Science and society: Can we develop ethically universal embryonic stem-cell lines?
Ronald M Green1 About the author
Abstract
Human embryonic stem-cell (hESC) research faces opposition from those who object to the destruction of human embryos. Over the past few years, a series of new approaches have been proposed for deriving hESC lines without injuring a living embryo. Each of these presents scientific challenges and raises ethical and political questions. Do any of these methods have the potential to provide a source of hESCs that will be acceptable to those who oppose the current approaches?
Author affiliations
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Ronald M. Green is at the Ethics Institute, Dartmouth College, 27 North Main Street, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755–3500, USA.
Email: ronald.m.green@dartmouth.edu
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