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Volume 329:513 August 12, 1993 Number 7
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Fetal Tissue Transplants in Medicine

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Edited by Robert G. Edwards. 352 pp., illustrated. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1992. $110. ISBN 0-521-41075-4.

Many medical applications using fetal tissue have been conceived, and in a number of instances they have been tested clinically. Unfortunately, the field of fetal-tissue transplantation has engendered more than its share of controversy. Some proponents have damaged their cause by overenthusiastic and unsubstantiated claims of success with fetal transplantation to treat various diseases; opponents have entangled the science of transplantation in the politics of abortion. Refreshingly, Fetal Tissue Transplants in Medicine, edited by the distinguished English scholar Robert G. Edwards, skillfully avoids both extremes and provides a balanced and serious overview of this emerging area of medicine. The book . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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