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Archive for the ‘Embryo testing’ Category

February 5th, 2008

Scientists create ‘three parent’ embryo

 
Scientists from Newcastle University, UK led by Professor Patrick Chinnery, have created an embryo with three separate parents.  The team believe the technique could help to eradicate a whole class of hereditary diseases, including some forms of epilepsy and ensure women with genetic defects do not pass the diseases on to their children.
Ten severely deformed embryos, left […]

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January 21st, 2008

Human-animal embryo hybrid testing given go ahead in UK

Early embryos yield stem cells,(photo courtesy of BBC news www.bbc.co.uk/news) 
The Uk’s fertility regulator Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has given the green light to two teams of scientists for the creation of hybrid human-animal embryos.
Scientists, research institutions and patient groups have challenged the UK government for much of the last year: the Department of Health wanted […]

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