Good Science or Playing God?
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penguin_dance writes "The UK is apparently having rethink on human hybrid experiments.
If approved by regulators, "the move opens the door to experiments involving every known kind of human-animal hybrid. These could include both 'cytoplasmic' embryos, which are 99.9% human, and 'true hybrids' carrying both human and animal genes." Previous calls for an outright ban on all human-animal embryos outraged scientists, according to the article. Scientist believe, "work on human-animal hybrid embryos will greatly speed up progress in stem cell research." It claims there will be a provision for regulation of the research to incorporate any "unforeseen developments."
Let the Island of Dr. Moreau comparisons begin!"
If approved by regulators, "the move opens the door to experiments involving every known kind of human-animal hybrid. These could include both 'cytoplasmic' embryos, which are 99.9% human, and 'true hybrids' carrying both human and animal genes." Previous calls for an outright ban on all human-animal embryos outraged scientists, according to the article. Scientist believe, "work on human-animal hybrid embryos will greatly speed up progress in stem cell research." It claims there will be a provision for regulation of the research to incorporate any "unforeseen developments."
Let the Island of Dr. Moreau comparisons begin!"
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