Cloning As Source Of Organs Essay

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Should We Clone Human Beings? Cloning as a Source of Tissue for Transplantation
Author(s): Julian Savulescu
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol. 25, No. 2 (Apr., 1999), pp. 87-95
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