Article: Hybrid embryos could be created w ithin months; Research: An embryo created in a laboratory Quest: Stephen Minger.

Byline: Fiona MacRae

HYBRID embryos containing both human and animal material could becreated in British laboratories within months.

The controversial research was given a green light yesterday by the UK'sfertility regulator.

A shortage of human eggs led scientists to seek permission to make hybridembryos from human skin cells and animal eggs such as those from cows, whichare plentiful in slaughterhouses.

Two teams of scientists are poised to start making cow-human hybrids forresearch into incurable diseases, with at least one project expected to startby the end of the year.

Stem cell expert Dr Stephen Minger, who wants to use ...

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