The Ethics of Cerebral Organoid Research: Being Conscious of Consciousness

Tsutomu Sawai1, Hideya Sakaguchi2, Elizabeth Thomas3

  • 1Uehiro Research Division for iPS Cell Ethics, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, 53 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI-ASHBi), KUIAS Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.

Stem Cell Reports
|September 12, 2019
PubMed

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