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Article: Hybrid embryos.(Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority)(Brief article)
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- Chemistry and Industry
- Article date:
- January 29, 2007
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The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), which regulates embryo research in Britain, has not decided whether to accept two applications for work involving hybrid embryos. Scientists from Newcastle University and King's College London want to transfer nuclei from human cells into enucleated rabbit or cow eggs instead of human eggs, which are very scarce. A ban on hybrid and chimera embryos was proposed in the government's white paper on ...