“I don’t want toenails growing in my brain,” said Dr Peter McCullagh on ABC Newsradio’s “News in Science” programme 5 April 2002. This was the day Australian Federal and State governments allowed existing human embryos left over from IVF treatments to be used for research into using embryonic stem cells for treating a multitude of […]
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Animal Human Embryo Research Approved
Animal human embryo research approved, according to reports BBC News, news@nature and ScienceNOW, 5 September 2007. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology authority in the UK have approved research using embryos created by mixing human and animal cells. The technique involves removing the nucleus of an egg cell from an animal, such as a cow or […]