Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 6 , Pages 2056-2059 , December 2008

How physicians and scientists can respond responsibly and effectively to religiously based opposition to human embryonic stem cell research

  • Frank A. Chervenak, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Laurence B. McCullough, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Laurence B. McCullough, Ph.D., Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030 (FAX: 713-798-5678).

Received 19 May 2007 ,Revised 22 October 2007 ,Accepted 22 October 2007.

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PII: S0015-0282(07)03927-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.10.044

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Volume 90, Issue 6 , Pages 2056-2059 , December 2008

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