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PETBioNewsNewsRoslin seeks human embryo licence

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Roslin seeks human embryo licence

Published 15 April 2002 posted in News and appears in BioNews 153

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Image by K Hardy via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human embryo at the blastocyst stage (about six days after fertilisation) 'hatching' out of the zona pellucida.
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Image by K Hardy via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human embryo at the blastocyst stage (about six days after fertilisation) 'hatching' out of the zona pellucida.

The Roslin Institute, the Scottish research centre that cloned Dolly the sheep in 1997, announced last week that it will request a licence to conduct research on human embryos from the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). The scientists at the institute intend to focus their research on finding...

The Roslin Institute, the Scottish research centre that cloned Dolly the sheep in 1997, announced last week that it will request a licence to conduct research on embryos from the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).


The scientists at the institute intend to focus their research on finding new methods of harvesting stem cells from human embryos. Ian Wilmut, head of the gene expression and development department at Roslin and creator of Dolly, said the application represents 'a significant shift for us and a natural way to go', adding that the application to the HFEA will be made 'within the next couple of months'. They plan to use embryos left over from fertility treatments and donated for research purposes, or embryos created specifically for research by IVF procedures.


The institute is also interested in finding out how the CNR (cell nuclear replacement) cloning technique used to create Dolly and other animals might be applied to human embryos. The application may take three months to be fully considered by the HFEA.

Sources and References

  • 11/04/2002
    The Scotsman
    Dolly's creators turn to human embryos
  • 10/04/2002
    BBC News Online
    Dolly creators eye human embryos
  • 11/04/2002
    The Independent
    Dolly scientists apply to use human embryos

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Professor Ian Wilmut, leader of the team that created Dolly the sheep, is applying for the UK's first licence to clone human embryos for stem cell research, saying it would be 'immoral' not to carry out such research. Cloning human embryos for medical research purposes - a procedure known as therapeutic...

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