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Trends in the geographic distribution of human embryonic stem-cell research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Aaron Levine
Aaron Levine*
Affiliation:
Doctoral Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA adlevine@princeton.edu
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Abstract

Human embryonic stem-cell (hESC) research offers substantial potential benefits but has generated politically influential controversies and, in the United States, funding restrictions. Some observers fear the United States has been falling behind nations more permissive in this field, but policy debate has remained largely anecdotal. This study reports citation data indicating that the share of hESC research publications credited to the United States in the six years following the introduction of key technologies was significantly less than in five less contentious biomedical-research areas. The United States share of hESC publications fell sharply in 2003 and remained near this reduced level in 2004. Putative explanations are reviewed and several implications discussed.

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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , September 2004 , pp. 40 - 45
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Copyright © Association for Politics and the Life Sciences 

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