Ethical and Socio-political Status of Stem Cell Research in Saudi Arabia

Faris Q Alenzi^1*, Fadad GB Alanazi², Omar Kujan³, Bassel Tarakji³, Waleed Tamimi⁴, Ayed Alanazi⁵ and Richard KH Wyse⁶

¹College of Applied Medical Sciences, Salman bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia

²Department of Pharmacy, Convalescence Hospital, MOH, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

³Department of Pathology, Al-Farabi Medical College, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

⁴Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

⁵Department of Pediatrics, Military Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

⁶Imperial College of Medicine, DuCane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK

^*Corresponding Author: Faris Q Alenzi, Professor of Immunology, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Salman bin Abdulaziz University, PO Box 422 Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia Email:

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