Tue, 20 May 2008 12:34:07 -0400
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080520/full/453441c.html
British parliament backs hybrid embryos
UK politicians have rejected calls to ban the creation of animal-human hybrid embryos. In a key vote on 19 May, parliamentarians voted by 336-176 in favour of allowing the creation of 'cybrid' embryos, those created from human DNA and an empty animal egg. They also favoured the creation of 'true' genetic animal-human hybrid embryos, purely for research purposes, by the narrower margin of 286 to 223.
Parliamentarians were given a 'free' vote, rather than being whipped along party lines, on the most controversial aspects of a raft of proposed new fertility legislation. The entire bill, after further votes on aspects such as Britain's current abortion limit of 24 weeks, will be voted on as a whole in coming months.
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