Date published: 2007/05/17
The BBC says:
Ministers have bowed to pressure to allow the creation of human animal hybrid embryos for research.
When the ban was proposed last year there were fears among scientists it would hamper medical breakthroughs.
Hybrid embryos will only be allowed for research into serious disease and scientists will require a licence.
Scientists welcomed the proposals put forward in the draft fertility bill, but opponents questioned the ethics of using human cells in this way.
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The draft bill allows the creation of human embryos that have been physically mixed with one or more animal cells. However, true animal-animal hybrids, made by the fusion of sperm and eggs, remain outlawed.And in all cases it would be illegal to allow embryos to grow for more than 14 days or be implanted into a womb.
One small step forward.
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