A stage of development which, in humans, lasts for eight weeks after the fertilised egg first starts to divide.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has recommended that the law should be changed to extend the 14-day limit on human embryo research...
The first session of the PET 2024 Annual Conference 'What Is the Embryo's Special Status in the Clinic?' offered clinical perspectives on the human embryo....
The second session of the PET 2024 Annual Conference 'What Is the Embryo's Special Status in the Lab?' focused on the opportunities and challenges presented by using human embryos in research...
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has published recommendations calling for clear legislative action to differentiate stem cell-based embryos from embryos and to safeguard against ethical breaches...
Stem-cell-based embryo models should be distinguished explicitly from human embryos in UK law, according to a UK bioethics organisation...
A UK court has granted a widower permission to pursue fertility treatment using an embryo created with his late wife...
A court in Israel has ruled that the genetic parents of a baby born following an IVF mix-up are her legal parents, and the child should be transferred from the custody of the birth parents, to them...
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