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Halachic Challenges Emerging From Stem Cell Research

Halachic Challenges Emerging From Stem Cell Research

October 24, 2009 | Prof. Moshe D. Tendler, Dr. John D. Loike
As a partner with God in the creation process,[1] human beings have developed innovative technologies to treat and cure disease, to enhance human living conditions, and to protect or improve the environment. In concert with the development of new technologies, the halachic (Jewish legal) process has elaborated specific mechanisms to incorporate and integrate these emerging technologies.