In others' words.In your otherwise interesting and informative article on stem cell stem cell In living organisms, an undifferentiated cell that can produce other cells that eventually make up specialized tissues and organs. There are two major types of stem cells, embryonic and adult. research ("Full Stem Ahead," SN: 4/2/05, p. 218), there is a statement attributed to me that I intended as an explanation of the views of some (but not all) people who believe that human embryos have no particular moral standing. It is not my view that early embryos are the moral equivalent of cancerous tumors, nor would I ever speak so disrespectfully dis·re·spect·ful adj. Having or exhibiting a lack of respect; rude and discourteous. dis  re·spect about a matter of deep moral significance to so many.
RUTH FADEN Ruth R. Faden, M.P.H., Ph.D., is the Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Executive Director of The Berman Institute of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University. She is also a Senior Research Scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. , JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. , BALTIMORE, MD. |
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