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Descriptor English: Embryo Research
Descriptor Spanish: Investigaciones con Embriones
Descriptor investigación embrionaria
Entry term(s) investigaciones con embriones de mamíferos
investigaciones con embriones humanos
investigación del embrión
investigación del embrión humano
Scope note: Experimentación sobre, o utilización de órganos o tejidos de seres humanos u otros mamíferos concebidos, durante la fase prenatal del desarrollo, que se caracteriza por cambios morfológicos rápidos y la diferenciación de estructuras básicas. En los humanos, incluye el período comprendido entre el momento de la fecundación hasta el final de la octava semana desde que esta se produjo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pesquisas com Embriões
Descriptor French: Recherche sur l'embryon
Entry term(s): Cell Research, Embryo
Embryo Cell Research
Embryo Experimentation
Embryo Experimentations
Embryo Research, Human
Experimentation, Embryo
Experimentations, Embryo
Human Embryo Research
Research, Embryo
Research, Embryo Cell
Research, Human Embryo
Tree number(s): E05.313
H01.770.644.145.250
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D033041
Scope note: Experimentation on, or using the organs or tissues from, a human or other mammalian conceptus during the prenatal stage of development that is characterized by rapid morphological changes and the differentiation of basic structures. In humans, this includes the period from the time of fertilization to the end of the eighth week after fertilization.
Annotation: mammalian only; IM for ethical, legal, moral, social, or religious aspects of research on embryos; do not routinely add for research involving embryos; embryonic stem cell research: index EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH see STEM CELL RESEARCH + EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS & do not index here
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
Previous Indexing: Embryo (1985-2002)
Research (1985-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003; see RESEARCH 1996-2002
History Note: 2003; use RESEARCH 1996-2002
Related: Embryo, Mammalian MeSH
Ethics, Research MeSH
Human Experimentation MeSH
Stem Cell Research MeSH
DeCS ID: 37583
Unique ID: D033041
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Embryo Research - Preferred
Concept UI M0018836
Scope note Experimentation on, or using the organs or tissues from, a human or other mammalian conceptus during the prenatal stage of development that is characterized by rapid morphological changes and the differentiation of basic structures. In humans, this includes the period from the time of fertilization to the end of the eighth week after fertilization.
Preferred term Embryo Research
Entry term(s) Embryo Experimentation
Embryo Experimentations
Embryo Research, Human
Experimentation, Embryo
Experimentations, Embryo
Human Embryo Research
Research, Embryo
Research, Human Embryo
Embryo Cell Research - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0423329
Preferred term Embryo Cell Research
Entry term(s) Cell Research, Embryo
Research, Embryo Cell



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