Marie Woolf
London Independent
Sunday, February 4, 2007
Government plans to ban the creation of human-animal hybrids
in the laboratory have been dealt a serious blow after the regulatory
body on embryos backed the research.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has told MPs
that it does not believe the innovative research, which could
help patients with Alzheimer's disease, should be outlawed. MPs
are calling on the Government to reverse its decision to ban the
creation of hybrid embryos, which scientists believe could further
research into incurable conditions such as motor neurone disease.
The authority believes thatresearch should be permitted as long
as the embryos created in the laboratory are destroyed by the
age of two weeks and are notused in human fertility treatments.
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