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Nature Biotechnology 26, 721 (1 July 2008) | doi:10.1038/nbt0708-721b
UK passes hybrids
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The UK Parliament has voted to allow the generation of human-animal hybrid embryos, creating the most liberal legal framework anywhere in the world for embryonic stem cell research. The move confirms that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority acted within its jurisdiction when it gave permission in January to scientists at King's College London and Newcastle University to work on generating embryos by fusing enucleated animal oocytes with the nuclei of adult human cells (Nat.
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