The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), which bills itself as "the voice of the stem cell research community," has announced that it no longer endorses the prevailing international standard limiting human embryo research to 14 day
Stem cell research community drops 14-day limit on human embryo research
The Conversation
28 May 2021, 04:40 GMT+10
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), which bills itself as the voice of the stem cell research community, has announced that it no longer endorses the prevailing international standard limiting human embryo research to 14 days after fertilization.
Human embryo research has long been a thorny ethical issue because of competing views about the moral status of the developing embryo. Some people argue that human embryos have the moral status of persons and are considered protectable human life - that embryos should not be used for research, especially research that results in their destruction.
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