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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 6, 663-667 (August 2005) | doi:10.1038/nrm1698

Article series: Developmental Cell Biology

Ethical sourcing of human embryonic stem cells — rational solutions?

Martin Evans1  About the author

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At the heart of the extensive ethical and regulatory debates that have surrounded human embryonic stem cells is the human pre-implantation embryo. Advances in the understanding of cellular reprogramming, both by cell nuclear replacement and by potential new protocols, should lead to methods that circumvent the use of a practicably viable embryo.

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  1. Martin Evans is at the Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3US, UK.
    Email: evansmj@cardiff.ac.uk

Published online 15 July 2005

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