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Article: Green light for hybrid embryos
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- Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)
- Article date:
- September 6, 2007
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Scientists will be able to create human-animal embryos for re-
search into diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has agreed
to the controversial proposal.
Researchers want to create hybrid embryos known as cytoplasmic
embryos by merging human cells with animal eggs.
Such embryos are more than 99 per cent human, with an animal
component representing around 0.1 per cent.
The embryos are made using eggs from rabbits or cows and genetic
material from human donors.
Scientists say it could provide them with a plentiful supply of
stem cells for studies into new treatments.
At the moment scientists have to rely on human eggs left over ...