Posted on 09/04/2007 1:02:23 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
Plans to allow British scientists to create human-animal embryos are expected to be approved tomorrow by the government's fertility regulator. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority published its long-awaited public consultation on the controversial research yesterday, revealing that a majority of people were "at ease" with scientists creating the hybrid embryos.
Researchers want to create hybrid embryos by merging human cells with animal eggs, in the hope they will be able to extract valuable embryonic stem cells from them. The cells form the basic building blocks of the body and are expected to pave the way for revolutionary therapies for diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and even spinal cord injuries.
The consultation papers were released ahead of the authority's final decision on the matter, which will mark the end of almost a year of intense lobbying by scientists and a fervent campaign by organisations opposed to research involving embryonic stem cells.
Using animal eggs will allow researchers to push ahead unhindered by the shortage of human eggs. Under existing laws, the embryos must be destroyed after 14 days when they are no bigger than a pinhead, and cannot be implanted into the womb.
Opponents of the research and some religious groups say the work blurs the distinction between humans and animals, and creates embryos that are destined to be destroyed when stem cells are extracted from them.
Two research groups based at King's College London and Newcastle University have already applied to the HFEA to create animal-human embryos, but their applications have been on hold since November last year amid confusion over whether the authority was legally able to issue licences........."
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
Here we go....
It’s “ok” to cannibalize these embryos because they are a new subhuman species. At least, that’s how the scientists and lawmakers and abortionists see it.
PING
I can’t wait for PETA to start a movement to prevent these humanimals from being aborted without the mother’s consent.
Keyword “bestiality”????
Talk about weird....
it will be illegal to descriminate against interspecies hybrids in college admissions by 2030
I love cat-girls, in my science fiction stories they are Katarans, their male population depleted by a genetic defect... but unlike the image they are furry and have sharp teeth
You know for a fact that this isn't going to end at embryos and that some crackpot will grow it and let it develop and then they'll be many more fringe scientists doing the same.
Once the genie (or chimera in this case) is out the bottle it won't fit back in, I find this stuff real scary..
Why does a string of bad SciFi Channel movies come to mind?
I’ve known some who are catty enough.
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