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Nature 437, 26 (1 September 2005) | doi:10.1038/437026b; Published online 31 August 2005
Embryo's moral status is unaffected by alteration
Lee Turnpenny1
- Human Genetics Division, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
Both proponents and opponents of embryonic stem-cell research should object to William Hurlbut's proposal for nuclear transfer embryos to be genetically engineered to block their capacity for development into human babies ("Altered embryos offered as solution to stem-cell rift" Nature 436, 309; 2005).In describing such material as 'embryo-like entities', Hurlbut misses the point that that is what nuclear transfer embryos already are.
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