Concern over animal-human embryos grown in UK labs
More than 150 animal-human hybrid embryos have been created by scientists working in British laboratories over the past three years.
The scale of the research was revealed last week in response to a parliamentry question by Lord Alton.
The cross-bench Peer said: “At every stage the justification from scientists has been: if only you allow us to do this, we will find cures for every illness known to mankind. This is emotional blackmail.
“Of the 80 treatments and cures which have come about from stem cells, all have come from adult stem cells – not embryonic ones. On moral and ethical grounds this fails; and on scientific and medical ones too.”...