A 14-day limit for bioethics: the debate over human embryo research

Abstract Background This article explores the reasons in favour of revising and extending the current 14-day statutory limit to maintaining human embryos in culture. This limit is enshrined in law in over a dozen countries, including the United Kingdom. In two recently published studies (2016), scie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Giulia Cavaliere
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-017-0198-5