Leave hybrid embryo regulation to experts, says UK committee

embryo.jpgA parliamentary panel in the UK has recommended that experts rather than government ministers decide what kind of hybrid animal-human embryo experiments to allow. “On the question of research using inter-species embryos,” concluded Parliamentarian Phil Willis, who led the panel, “the committee is quite clear that it wishes to see a greater role for the regulator within a broad permissive framework set out by Parliament.” The report urged parliament to vote on whether to allow inter-species embryo licenses.

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