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Article: Scientists' delight as creation of hybrid embryos gets go ahead
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- Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)
- Article date:
- January 18, 2008
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The fertility regulator yesterday gave the green light for the
creation of hybrid human-animal embryos.
Applications from two teams of British scientists were approved
by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) in a move
expected to attract controversy.
Experts from King's College London and Newcastle University will
now be able to carry out research using the embryos, which they hope
will pave the way for new treatments for a range of diseases.
Dr Lyle Armstrong, from the team at Newcastle University, said:
"The award of the HFEA licence is great news.
"We initially applied for approval to use cow eggs as a means to
understand the way they can convert skin cells into ...