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The Umbilical Cord Blood Controversies in Medical Law

Karen Devine · Routledge, 2017

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Autoría
Karen Devine
Edición
Routledge, 2017
Nivel
Universitario
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN
9781138840881

This book explores the legal and ethical dilemmas that arise from the procurement, storage and use of stem cells derived from the umbilical cord of new-born infants. Karen Devine traces the emergence of umbilical cord blood (UCB) as a biological resource of potential therapeutic value, and introduces the medical researchers, practitioners and patients that fought to prove its worth.

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The Umbilical Cord Blood Controversies in Medical Law, de Karen Devine