MPs vote to allow human-animal hybrids oct 23rd

Antaletriangle · 10-23-2008, 11:36 AM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...l-hybrids.html
MPs have voted to push back the boundaries of science by allowing radical embryo research including the creation of human-animal hybrids.
By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent
Last Updated: 7:20AM BST 23 Oct 2008

Ruth Kelly defied Mr Brown by rebelling in her first Commons vote since standing down Photo: PA Following a landmark Commons vote, Britain will become one of a handful of countries in the world to encourage ground-breaking research by implanting human cells into an egg taken from an animal, usually a rabbit.

Pro-life MPs warned that the step could lead to the creation of half-human, half-ape "humanzees" or "minotaurs" - a claim denied by the Department of Health.

Hybrids - called "admixed embryos" by the scientific community - are banned in at least 21 countries, but scientists believe that they could be used to find cures for dozens of serious conditions
The Bill was passed overwhelmingly, by 355 votes to 129.

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Antaletriangle Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: U.K. Posts: 3,380	MPs vote to allow human-animal hybrids oct 23rd http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...l-hybrids.html MPs have voted to push back the boundaries of science by allowing radical embryo research including the creation of human-animal hybrids. By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent Last Updated: 7:20AM BST 23 Oct 2008 Ruth Kelly defied Mr Brown by rebelling in her first Commons vote since standing down Photo: PA Following a landmark Commons vote, Britain will become one of a handful of countries in the world to encourage ground-breaking research by implanting human cells into an egg taken from an animal, usually a rabbit. Pro-life MPs warned that the step could lead to the creation of half-human, half-ape "humanzees" or "minotaurs" - a claim denied by the Department of Health. Hybrids - called "admixed embryos" by the scientific community - are banned in at least 21 countries, but scientists believe that they could be used to find cures for dozens of serious conditions The Bill was passed overwhelmingly, by 355 votes to 129. cont.on link above.