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INFORMED CONSENT and FEDERAL FUNDING for S tem C ell R esearch
Author(s) -
STREIFFER ROBERT
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.1353/hcr.0.0013
Subject(s) - informed consent , stem cell , embryonic stem cell , administration (probate law) , political science , law , medicine , biology , alternative medicine , genetics , pathology , gene
A review of the consent forms signed by those who donated embryos for the NIH-approved embryonic stem cell lines reveals several problems, providing ethical as well as scientific reasons to overturn the Bush administration's restrictions on federal funding for stem cell research.