Hybrid Embryos
British regulators have agreed to allow human-animal embryos to be created and used for research.
The same country that gave us Mad Cow Disease is reported to be about to allow the fusion of human-animal embryos (chimeras) to create stem cells.
Currently in Canada, there is a ban on the creation of human-animal embryos. In the U.S., although there is no federal funding for such research, private-sector and state funding is allowed.
Links:
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/…/hybrid-embryos.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20604490/
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/070905/5/1kcf.html
http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070903/…
http://marketwatch.nytimes.com/…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/sep/06/…
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/06/2025371.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/…/nhybrid106.xml
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