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2007-01-12 | permalink
Watchdog refuses to allow hybrid embryos
British scientists were yesterday denied permission to create controversial human-animal hybrid embryos until doubts over the ethics and scientific value of the research are addressed. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority said it was deferring a decision on whether to grant licences to teams from King's College London and Newcastle University until a wide-ranging consultation on the issue concluded in the autumn.
- The Guardian, UK: Watchdog refuses to allow hybrid embryos
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, UK: Press statement regarding human-animal hybrid research
- The Guardian, UK: Hybrid embryo research is legal, regulator says
- The Economist, UK: Clones to the right of me, jokers to the left
- Financial Times, UK: Scientists await UK stem-cell decision
- The Guardian, UK: Luddites and moralists
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2007-01-12 | permalink
Watchdog refuses to allow hybrid embryos
British scientists were yesterday denied permission to create controversial human-animal hybrid embryos until doubts over the ethics and scientific value of the research are addressed. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority said it was deferring a decision on whether to grant licences to teams from King's College London and Newcastle University until a wide-ranging consultation on the issue concluded in the autumn.
- The Guardian, UK: Watchdog refuses to allow hybrid embryos
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, UK: Press statement regarding human-animal hybrid research
- The Guardian, UK: Hybrid embryo research is legal, regulator says
- The Economist, UK: Clones to the right of me, jokers to the left
- Financial Times, UK: Scientists await UK stem-cell decision
- The Guardian, UK: Luddites and moralists
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