Article: HYBRID EMBRYOS OK; Boffins to create part-animal cells for experiments.(News)

Article: MPs vote to let scientists use hybrid embryos
The Scotsman;  May 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the green light to use animal-human hybrid embryos for medical research after MPs yesterday ... research, they decided to back the use of hybrid embryos in the search for medical cures and ... ministers voted against the use of hybrid embryos: Des Browne, the Defence and Scottish ...

Article: Medicine needs hybrid embryos, scientists say
Belfast Telegraph;  April 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... creation of human-animal chimera or hybrid embryos, and specifically cytoplasmic hybrid embryos, is necessary for research," the committee ... applications for licences to create cytoplasmic hybrid embryos for research." Official concern goes ...

Article: Hybrid embryos could be created w ithin months; ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Fiona MacRae HYBRID embryos containing both human and animal ... suchresearch. The creation of hybrid embryos is banned in Australia and many ... neuronedisease but allowing the use of hybrid embryos in research may revolutionisefuture ...

Article: Hybrid Embryos Called Tool to Grasp Specialized ...
BioWorld International;  June 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... conference session that cytoplasmic hybrid embryos generated in his laboratory by fusing ... Armstrong has succeeded in generating 270 hybrid embryos since he was granted the license to ... was granted the license to generate hybrid embryos after much controversy and debate ...

Article: Hybrid embryos could be created within months; ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Fiona MacRae HYBRID embryos containing both human and animal ... suchresearch. The creation of hybrid embryos is banned in Australia and many ... neuronedisease but allowing the use of hybrid embryos in research may revolutionisefuture ...

Article: Green light for hybrid embryos
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  September 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... proposal. Researchers want to create hybrid embryos known as cytoplasmic embryos by merging ... ethical arguments against creating hybrid embryos. "Firstly, regarding embryos which ... preponderance of human DNA, like so-called hybrid embryos, all the evidence suggests that these ...

Article: Hybrid embryos set to win official approval
Evening Standard - London;  September 4, 2007 ;     651 words ... ... with scientists creating the hybrid embryos. Researchers want to merge ... was expressed for cytoplasmic hybrid embryos, in which a human cell is inserted ... an empty animal egg. Other hybrid embryos, such as those created by fertilising ...