Britain to decide on human-animal embryo research
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British regulators will decide on  Wednesday whether to permit the creation of hybrid human-animal  embryos for research into illnesses such as Parkinson&#39;s, Motor  Neurone Disease and Alzheimer&#39;s.
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Britain&#39;s fertility regulator was to decide Wednesday whether to allow scientists to create human-animal hybrid embryos for research purposes, as experts downplayed ethical concerns.
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British scientists say they have created human embryos containing DNA from two women and a man
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Harvard scientists ask the school's ethics board to allow production of embryonic stem cells. If approved, the controversial procedure would boost research that could lead to cures for many diseases.
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The highly contentious issue of cloning is back on the U.N. agenda, with support among member states for a treaty banning human cloning but divisions over the use of human embryos for medical research.
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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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British regulators said Thursday they have approved two proposals for research using human embryos derived from animal eggs.
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New research is casting doubts on the usefulness of the human embryonic stem cells available under the White House&#39;s research policy.
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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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The announcement that British scientists have created an embryo containing the DNA of three people has bioethicists scratching their heads.
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Leading scientists have urged peers not to block the use of human-animal hybrid embryos for research.
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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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"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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The harvesting of stem cells from human embryos will continue to be funded by the EU, the incoming European Union research chief said on Friday, vowing to keep an open mind while taking ethical views into account.
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British authorities on Thursday approved scientists' use of animal eggs to create human stem cells, a ruling that will boost the supply of stem cells for research.
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Capping a months-long scientific and ethics review, British regulators said yesterday that they are prepared to allow the creation of embryos that are part human and part animal for use in medical experiments.
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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.