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17/01/2008
'Hybrid' Human-Beast Embroy Research Approved
The British fertility regulator has given the go-ahead for the creation of what has been dubbed hybrid human-animal embryos.
Experts from King's College London and Newcastle University will now be able to carry out research using the embryos, which they hope will pave the way for new treatments for a range of diseases.
Applications from two teams of British scientists were approved by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) in a move expected to attract controversy.
Scientists want to create hybrid embryos by merging human cells with animal eggs in a bid to extract stem cells. The embryos would then be destroyed within 14 days.
The cells form the basic building blocks of the body and have the potential to become any tissue, making them essential for research.
At the moment, scientists have to rely on human eggs left over from fertility treatment, but they are in short supply and are not always good quality.
(BMcC)
Experts from King's College London and Newcastle University will now be able to carry out research using the embryos, which they hope will pave the way for new treatments for a range of diseases.
Applications from two teams of British scientists were approved by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) in a move expected to attract controversy.
Scientists want to create hybrid embryos by merging human cells with animal eggs in a bid to extract stem cells. The embryos would then be destroyed within 14 days.
The cells form the basic building blocks of the body and have the potential to become any tissue, making them essential for research.
At the moment, scientists have to rely on human eggs left over from fertility treatment, but they are in short supply and are not always good quality.
(BMcC)
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