Britain to allow creation of human-animal embryos
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Britain&#39;s fertility regulator decided in principle Wednesday to allow scientists to create human-animal hybrid embryos for research purposes.
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LONDON  - British parents with inherited forms of cancer have won the right to select embryos free from genes that might trigger the disease in future generations, The Times reported.
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"The HFEA License Committee determined that the two applications satisfied all the requirements of the law"  British regulators said Thursday they have approved two proposals for research using human embryos derived from animal eggs. via The Morning Call
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In January 2001, the British Parliament passed a bill that authorized government funding for human embryonic stem cell research.
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Regulators are due to make a decision on whether to allow human-animal embryos to be used for research in the UK.
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A measure that forbids cloning human embryos but allows scientists to extract stem cells from unwanted embryos for medical research is approved by Swiss voters. The restrictive legislation is similar to that of the Netherlands and Spain.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said that Britain could become the world leader in the controversial field of stem cell research.
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NEW YORK -- Scientists say they've created embryonic stem cells by stimulating unfertilized eggs, a significant step toward producing transplant tissue that's genetically matched to women.
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Science & environment: British scientists have been given the go-ahead to begin potentially ground-breaking experiments using injections of stem cells to repair patients' damaged hearts
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Scientists say they have produced embryos that are clones of two men, a potential step toward developing scientifically valuable stem cells.
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Chimeric embryonics is go Two research groups at Newcastle University and King's College London have today been granted the first licences to work on human-animal embryo hybrids.â¦
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Biological heart pacemakers made from human embryo cells have been successfully tested in pigs, raising the possibility that tissue transplants could in future replace electronic pacemakers.
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Doctors may be allowed to screen human embryos for gene that increase risk of heart attacks
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Mixing cells and eggs to be allowed in search for new medical treatments.
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LONDON -- The British government has approved a plan to allow women to donate eggs for stem cell and cloning research and to be compensated for it -- an action that scientists hope will improve the supply of eggs.
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The British scientist who created Dolly the sheep, has applied for a licence to clone human embryos in the hope of finding a cure for motor neurone disease.
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British scientists said on Wednesday they had received permission to clone human embryos for medical research, in what they believe to be the first such license to be granted in Europe.