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[Bioethics and scientific research progress].

M Dambska
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Progress of biomedical sciences provokes ethical questions. In vitro fertilization, multiple embryos used in research, therapeutic cloning, technically possible genetic manipulations with embryos, exemplify the need to propose a uniform view regarding the beginning of human life. Numerous scientists are convinced that human life begins with fertilization, a point of establishing a genetic identity.

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BioethicsCloning, OrganismDecision MakingFertilization in VitroHumansReproductive TechniquesResearchSocial Control, FormalEnglish AbstractJournal Article

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M Dambska. 2001. [Bioethics and scientific research progress].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11684763/

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