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Stem Cell Semantics
by Ricki Lewis

Are hot button words such as cloning and embryos causing confusion in the press, among the public and even between scientists? Ricki Lewis, a staff writer for The Scientist, expresses her opinion on semantics and the value of a good definition in the following essay.

Stem Cell Semantics

Reprinted with kind permission from The Scientist.
Copyright 2004. The Scientist

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