Embryonic research has raised questions throughout the history of its practice, particularly given the recent developments in fetal and stem cell research.
Keywords: bioethics; cloning; embryo research; stem cells; ethics
Bioethics in Embryonic Research
Glenn McGee, Alden March Bioethics Institute, Albany Medical College, New York, USA
Sean Philpott, Alden March Bioethics Institute, Albany Medical College, New York, USA
Vanessa Kuhn, Johns Hopkins University, Pennsylvania, USA
Claire Robertson‐Kraft, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA
Pasquale Patrizio, Yale University, Connecticut, USA
Published online: January 2006
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0003486
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| Cole RJ, Edwards RG and Paul J (1966) Cytodifferentiation and embryogenesis in cell colonies and tissue cultures derived from ova and blastocysts of the rabbit. Developmental Biology 13(3): 385–407. | |
| Edwards RG and Steptoe PC (1974) Control of human ovulation, fertilization and implantation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine 67(9): 932–936. | |
| Edwards RG (1985) Ethical and moral issues of in vitro fertilization. Introduction: the scientific basis of ethics. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 442: 564–570. | |
| Edwards RG (1996) Human conception in vitro 1995, a summing up. Human Reproduction 11(suppl. 1): 199–211. | |
| book Farley M (2001) "Roman Catholic views on research involving human embryonic stem cells". In: Holland S, Lebacqz K and Zoloth L (eds) The Human embryonic stem Cell Debate, pp. 113–119. Cambridge MA: The MIT Press. | |
| other Friend T (2001) Half of stem cell money could go to royalties. USA Today, August 13. | |
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| McDonald JW, Liu XZ, Qu Y et al. (1999) Transplanted embryonic stem cells survive, differentiate, and promote recovery in injured rat spinal cord. Nature Medicine 5: 1410–1412. | |
| other National Bioethics Advisory Commission (1999) Ethical issues in human stem cell research. | |
| book Okarma TB (2001) "Human embryonic stem cells: a primer on the technology and its medical applications". In: Holland S, Lebacqz K and Zoloth L (eds) The Human embryonic stem Cell Debate, pp. 3–14. Cambridge MA: The MIT Press. | |
| Steptoe PC and Edwards RG (1978) Birth after reimplantation of a human embryo. Lancet (letter) 2(8085): 366. | |
| Thomson JA, Iskovitz-Eldor J, Shapiro SS et al. (1998) Embryonic stem cell lines derived from human blastocysts. Science 282: 1145–1147. | |
| book Wolpe PR and McGee G (2001) "“Expert Bioethics” as professional discourse: the case of stem cells". In: Holland S, Lebacqz K and Zoloth L (eds) The Human embryonic stem Cell Debate. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. | |
