Biotechnology
Gene Therapy
Britain Halts Funding for Human-Animal Clone Research
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Posted on Jan 21, 2009, 9 a.m.
Lack of funding precludes British scientists from continuing their research into the creation of stem cells from animal-human embryos.
Despite the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill having been passed in Parliament last May, two of the three license holders legally able to create hybrid embryos have stopped receiving funding. Both Professor Stephen Minger of King's College London and Lyle Armstrong of Newcastle University's Centre for Life were not told why funding bodies are refusing to finance the research other than suggesting competition for dollars from other projects was the cause.
