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- Title
UK Licenses Human Embryo Creation: "Dolly" Cloner to Create Embryos for Research.
- Authors
Vastag, Brian
- Abstract
Reports that a license for creating human embryos for stem cell research via parthenogenesis was granted to Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland by the United Kingdom Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA). View of researcher Ian Wilmut about the potential in cloned embryos for identifying the origin of genetic conditions; Agenda of Roslin Institute for improving basic stem cell culturing technologies and increasing the supply of human eggs for research; Details of how the work will be done with embryos donated by patients from in vitro fertilization clinics; Background on the parthenogenesis process; Concern of the United States Food and Drug Administration about unknown viruses in animal "feeder" cells being introduced into human cells; Other British research institutes with licenses to culture stem cells; Regulation of IVF and human embryo research by the HFEA; Outlook for Roslin to request a license for nuclear replacement technique, which created the cloned sheep, Dolly; Mention that cloning research in the U.S. is unregulated. INSET: New Stem Cell Center.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; UNITED States; HUMAN embryos; PARTHENOGENESIS; STEM cells; WILMUT, Ian, 1944-2023; RESEARCH institutes; RESEARCH laws
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2003, Vol 290, Issue 4, p449
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.290.4.449