Monday, January 10, 2011

Human embryos may lose legal protection, UK fertility watchdog claims

BioNews - Human embryos may lose legal protection, UK fertility watchdog claims: Professor Lisa Jardine warned the ''safeguarding of the 'special status of the embryo'' could be lost if the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's power to grant licences for embryo research is transferred to a centralised body. The HFEA is at risk of being scrapped or amalgamated under UK Government proposals. The safeguards prevent researchers using embryos in trivial or non-vital research due to ethical considerations.

Editor: Um, I thought embryos had already lost "special status" long ago.

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