| Hans-Werner Denker – University Duisburg-Essen |   |
Hans-Werner Denker, Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat.Chair of Anatomy and Developmental Biology
Institute of Anatomy, Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen (Germany)
Retired since March 2006
Topics of research
Cell and developmental biology:
Differentiaton physiology of epithelial tissue (in particular, uterine epithelium), cell biology of steroid hormone action; mechanisms of embryo implantation; control of placentation; in vitro investigations of trophoblastic and choriocarcinoma cell lines; cell-cell interactions, cell-matrix interactions, cell differentiation, mechanisms of invasion.
Developmental biology of early mammalian embryos.
Embryonic stem cells:
Differentiation potential and ethical implications.
News
Publications (more)
- DENKER, H.-W.:
Ethical concerns over use of new cloning technique in humans.
Nature 461: 341 (2009). PubMed pdf-download (5.78 KB) - DENKER, H.-W.:
Induced pluripotent stem cells: How to deal with the developmental potential.
Reproductive BioMedicine Online 19 Suppl. 1: 34-37 (2009). PubMed RBM Online pdf-download (287 KB) - DENKER, H.-W.:
Totipotency/pluripotency and patentability.
Stem Cells 26: 1656-1657 (2008). PubMed Stem Cells pdf-download (14.4 KB) - DENKER, H.W.:
Human embryonic stem cells:
The real challenge for research as well as for bioethics is still ahead of us.
Cells Tissues Organs 187: 250-256 (2008). PubMed pdf-download (155 KB) - DENKER, H.W.:
Potentiality of embryonic stem cells: an ethical problem even with alternative stem cell sources.
Journal of Medical Ethics 32: 665-671 (2006). PubMed pdf-download (131 KB)
Commentaries about...
Publications (more)
- NIH Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research (2009) (Public Comment ID 16452).
pdf-download (15.1 KB) NIH Website - RICHTER-KUHLMANN: Deutsches Ärzteblatt (2007)
Stammzellenforschung: Reprogrammierungserfolge (iPS) entzünden erneut Debatte.
Leserbrief: pdf-download (12.5 KB)
Leicht gekürzt veröffentlicht in: Deutsches Ärzteblatt 105 (Heft 11): A 577- A 578 (2008). Link - CHUNG et al.: Cell Stem Cell (2008)
Human embryonic stem cell lines generated without embryo destruction.
Deutsch (12.2 KB) English (11.3 KB)
Books (more)
- WEIGL, A.: Resch-Verlag (2007)
Der preisgegebene Mensch. Überlegungen zum biotechnischen Umgang mit menschlichen Embryonen. - HEINEMANN, T.: Walter de Gruyter (2005)
Klonieren beim Menschen. Analyse des Methodenspektrums und internationaler Vergleich der ethischen Bewertungskriterien.