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The moral value of induced pluripotent stem cells: a Japanese bioethics perspective on human embryo research
- Correspondence to Tsutomu Sawai, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; sawai.tsutomu.57v{at}st.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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The moral value of induced pluripotent stem cells: a Japanese bioethics perspective on human embryo research
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- Received September 13, 2013
- Revised May 20, 2014
- Accepted June 4, 2014
- First published June 20, 2014.
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October 20, 2014
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