Green light for human-animal embryos
Jan 17 2008 By Graeme Whitfield
The fertility regulator today gave the green light for the creation
of hybrid human-animal embryos.
Applications from two teams of British scientists were approved by
the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) in a move
expected to attract controversy.
Experts from King's College London and Newcastle University will now
be able to carry out research using the embryos, which they hope will
pave the way for new treatments for a range of diseases.
Reacting to the award Dr Lyle Armstrong of Newcastle University, who
based at the North-East England Stem Cell Institute (NESCI), said:
``The award of the HFEA licence is great news.
``We initially applied for approval to use cow eggs as a means to
understand the way they can convert skin cells into embryonic stem
cells.
``Finding better ways to make human embryonic stem cells is the long
term objective of our work and understanding reprogramming is central
to this.
``Cow eggs seem to be every bit as good at doing this job as human
eggs so it makes sense to use them since they are much more readily
available but it is important to stress that we will only use them as
a scientific tool and we need not worry about cells derived from them
ever being used to treat human diseases.
``Now that we have the licence we can start work as soon as possible.
``We have already done a lot of the work by transferring animal cells
into cow eggs so we hope to make rapid progress."
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