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Embryology needs rules, not new laws

The British committee on human embryological innovation cannot accept the professional view that innovation should be free. The best hope is some form of regulation falling short of legislation.

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Embryology needs rules, not new laws. Nature 302, 735–736 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/302735a0

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