Sentences with phrase «embryos for research into»

Professor Wilmut stressed that he and his team had no intention of trying to produce cloned humans, but intended only to use the embryos for research into the distressing degenerative condition Motor Neuron Disease.

research; since most of the reports have concentrated on justifying the creation of cloned human embryos for research into and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, «stem - cells» has become synonymous with «embryonic stem - cells» in the public imagination.

Not exact matches

To bring into being a human embryo solely in order to divide up its constitutive parts for research threatens fully to erode the sense that incipient human life is never simply, or primarily, a tool.

Britain on Monday granted its first licence for the genetic modification of human embryos as part of research into infertility and why miscarriages happen, in a move likely to raise ethical concerns.

«We believe we have taken into account all points of view and concerns to create a framework that allows important medical research to continue while maintaining respect for the embryo,» says Lim.

An embryo donated for research revealed two inner cell masses (ICMs, internal cluster of cells at the embryonic pole of the blastocyst which develops into the body of the embryo), which is a sign of monochorionic / diamniotic pregnancy that will give rise to MZ twins.

► The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has put funding on hold for experiments that involve «mixing human stem cells into very early animal embryos and letting them develop» while it «reconsiders its rules» for this type of research, Gretchen Vogel reported Wednesday.

While conservatives in Congress took turns echoing George W. Bush's opposition to destroying human embryos for research, Lensch's colleague Paul Lerou stepped into a small room behind a heavy black curtain to check up on a line of nonpresidential embryonic stem cells.

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim, together with U.S. colleagues, have now observed in the embryo of the zebrafish that muscle cells migrate from the undamaged atrium into the ventricle and thus significantly contribute to regeneration.

This finding complements previous research from the University of Edinburgh and the National Institute for Medical Research which showed that embryonic stem cells can be coaxed into this spinal cord cells; however, the Cambridge researchers showed that the in the embryo - like aggregates, the structural organization is more robust and allows for the polarised growth of theresearch from the University of Edinburgh and the National Institute for Medical Research which showed that embryonic stem cells can be coaxed into this spinal cord cells; however, the Cambridge researchers showed that the in the embryo - like aggregates, the structural organization is more robust and allows for the polarised growth of theResearch which showed that embryonic stem cells can be coaxed into this spinal cord cells; however, the Cambridge researchers showed that the in the embryo - like aggregates, the structural organization is more robust and allows for the polarised growth of the tissue.

«It is legal to do this for research purposes on early human embryos in the UK with a licence from the HFEA, but the 14 day limit applies and it would be illegal to implant the embryos into a woman for further development.

Federal officials are proposing to end a moratorium on funding for research that involves transplanting human stem cells into animal embryos, a controversial practice that produces organisms know as «chimeras.»

In 1995, Congress banned federal funding for destructive research into human embryos — the source of the most promising type of stem cells.

The embryos survived for up to three days and are part of medical research into a range of illnesses.