Committee decides 'therapeutic cloning' can go ahead
A select committee of the UK House of Lords decided last week to allow scientists in the UK to create and carry out research on human embryo clones. The committee was established last year to examine whether cloning embryos was necessary for the development of stem cell research. The select...
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Time to let the science begin
by Dr Jess Buxton
Last week, a House of Lords select committee gave UK scientists a long-awaited green light to begin new research on human embryo stem cells. Within days, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority had granted its first licences, allowing two research groups to finally begin vital experiments aimed at developing new...