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CONCEPTION to Obtain Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Author(s) -
ROBERTSON JOHN A.,
KAHN JEFFREY P.,
WAGNER JOHN E.
Publication year - 2002
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 - 10.2307/3528112
Subject(s) - stem cell , haematopoiesis , abortion , hematopoietic stem cell , psychology , biology , medicine , pregnancy , genetics
A couple may have a child to provide stem cells for another child. They may also use preimplantation testing—even, troubling though it is, prenatal testing and selective abortion—to ensure a close tissue match.