Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2001
Abstract
The debate over human embryonic stem cell research-scientific and clinical prospects as well as ethical implications-became front-page news only after two teams of university researchers reported in November 1998 that they had isolated and cultured human pluripotent stem cells. The discovery caused a flurry of excitement among patients and researchers and drew attention from President Clinton, who instructed the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) to "conduct a thorough review of the issues associated with. .. human stem cell research, balancing all medical and ethical issues.”
Publication Citation
13 St. Thomas L. Rev. 851-861 (2001)
Scholarly Commons Citation
Quinn, Kevin P., "Embryonic Stem Cell Research as an Ethical Issue: On the Emptiness of Symbolic Value" (2001). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 185.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/185