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Research ethics
Stem cell research on other worlds, or why embryos do not have a right to life
- Correspondence to: Russell Blackford School of Philosophy and Bioethics, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia; Russell.Blackford{at}arts.monash.edu.au; russellblackford{at}bigpond.com
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Stem cell research on other worlds, or why embryos do not have a right to life
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- Received November 25, 2004
- Accepted May 25, 2005
- Revised May 22, 2005
- First published February 28, 2006.
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February 28, 2006
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