Scientists Draft Rules on Ethics for Stem Cells. Nicholas Wade.
by Wade, Nicholas; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 10Human Relations. Publisher: New York Times, 2005ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Embryonic stem cells | Medical ethics | Mosaicism | Religion and politics | Stem cells | Stem cells -- Law and legislationDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Citing a lack of leadership by the federal government, the National Academy of Sciences proposed ethical guidelines yesterday [April 26, 2005] for research with human embryonic stem cells....The academy hopes its proposals, which are nonbinding, will be accepted in the private and public sectors, particularly in states like California that are creating ambitious stem cell programs." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article details how the National Academy of Sciences, "a self-elected group of scientists that advises the government, recommends setting up a system of local and national committees for reviewing stem cell research. It also tackles a new set of ethical problems raised by creating organisms composed of cells from two different species, and in this case animals that include human cells."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Scientists Draft Rules on Ethics for Stem Cells, April 27, 2005; pp. A1+.
"Citing a lack of leadership by the federal government, the National Academy of Sciences proposed ethical guidelines yesterday [April 26, 2005] for research with human embryonic stem cells....The academy hopes its proposals, which are nonbinding, will be accepted in the private and public sectors, particularly in states like California that are creating ambitious stem cell programs." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article details how the National Academy of Sciences, "a self-elected group of scientists that advises the government, recommends setting up a system of local and national committees for reviewing stem cell research. It also tackles a new set of ethical problems raised by creating organisms composed of cells from two different species, and in this case animals that include human cells."
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