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Originally published in Science Express on 21 June 2007
Science 6 July 2007:
Vol. 317. no. 5834, pp. 46 - 47
DOI: 10.1126/science.1145067
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EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS:
Willingness to Donate Frozen Embryos for Stem Cell Research

Anne Drapkin Lyerly1* and Ruth R. Faden2

A national survey indicates that, for many infertility patients facing decisions about embryo disposition, research is the morally preferred option.

1Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

2Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.

*Author for correspondence. E-mail: lyerl003{at}mc.duke.edu

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