The moral value of induced pluripotent stem cells: a Japanese bioethics perspective on human embryo research

In contemporary Japan, at least in the field of regenerative medicine, human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) are given no moral status and are treated in a purely instrumental way. However, some authors have mentioned the potentiality of hiPSCs in that ‘tetraploid complementation’ would make...

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Main Author: Sawai, Tsutomu (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2014
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2014, Volume: 40, Issue: 11, Pages: 766-769
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