Altered nuclear transfer in stem-cell research—a flawed proposal
DA Melton, GQ Daley… - New England Journal of …, 2004 - Mass Medical Soc
DA Melton, GQ Daley, CG Jennings
New England Journal of Medicine, 2004•Mass Medical SocThe study of human embryonic stem cells is a matter of intense public debate, primarily
because derivation of such cells requires the destruction of human blastocysts, a procedure
that some find morally objectionable. William Hurlbut, MD, of Stanford University and a
member of the President's Council on Bioethics has recently proposed to the council an
alternative way to derive embryonic stem cells that, he argues, circumvents this objection. 1
The chair of the council, Leon Kass, MD, Ph. D., favors Hurlbut's proposal. 2 We believe that …
because derivation of such cells requires the destruction of human blastocysts, a procedure
that some find morally objectionable. William Hurlbut, MD, of Stanford University and a
member of the President's Council on Bioethics has recently proposed to the council an
alternative way to derive embryonic stem cells that, he argues, circumvents this objection. 1
The chair of the council, Leon Kass, MD, Ph. D., favors Hurlbut's proposal. 2 We believe that …
The study of human embryonic stem cells is a matter of intense public debate, primarily because derivation of such cells requires the destruction of human blastocysts, a procedure that some find morally objectionable. William Hurlbut, M.D., of Stanford University and a member of the President's Council on Bioethics has recently proposed to the council an alternative way to derive embryonic stem cells that, he argues, circumvents this objection.1 The chair of the council, Leon Kass, M.D., Ph.D., favors Hurlbut's proposal.2 We believe that it is flawed.
Hurlbut's proposal is based on the observation that mouse embryos carrying a mutation in . . .
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