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Last updated: 18 May 2007

Medical ethics

Ministers open door for
human-animal embryos

Embryo

The production of human-animal hybrid and chimera embryos has been brought a step closer after Government ministers indicated they want a change in policy.

Some scientists are advocating the research as being necessary for the manufacture of stem cells, but it is highly controversial and destroys human embryos.

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