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THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE TO SOCIO-ETHICAL DEBATES ON FRESH EMBRYO DONATION FOR HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH

27 Dec 2009

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This article is a response to McLeod and Baylis (2007) who speculate on the dangers of requesting fresh 'spare' embryos from IVF patients for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research, particularly when those embryos are good enough to be transferred back to the woman. They argue that these embryos should be frozen instead. We explore what is meant by 'spare' embryos. We then provide empirical evidence, from a...

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PMID: 20047590
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2009.01792.x

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