Sentences with phrase «including embryo research»

Government plans for an ambitious framework of laws on all biomedical issues including embryo research were dropped after widespread opposition three years ago.

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It may also become increasingly difficult for any argument against any research on early embryos to command a hearing (including arguments against «therapeutic» cloning) as other procedures that involve embryo selection and disposal become more common.

The bill includes the creation of human - animals embryos for research as well as reforms that would allow lesbian couples and single women to access IVF.

«Our licence committee has approved an application from Dr. Kathy Niakan of the Francis Crick Institute to renew her laboratory's research licence to include gene editing of embryos,» the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority said in a statement.

The research team found that when it increased levels of E-NTPDase2 in tadpole embryos that consisted of only eight cells, they could cause parts of the eye to form not only on the heads of the amphibians, but also in tissues in other parts of their bodies, including their tails.

Demonstrating Cpf1's noticeable specificity, another research team from the same IBS Center succeeded in bringing Cpf1 RNP - mediated mutations into mouse embryos: The researchers targeted Foxn1 (a transcription factor that regulates the immune system, including the growth of skin hairs), as well as Tyrosinase (an enzyme that catalyzes the production of melanin, a natural pigment that determines the color of skin).

The report, from a committee made up of 11 members of Parliament, also recommends legalizing research involving embryos of chimeras and hybrids, which includes cells created by fusing human and animal nuclei.

The board is supposed to make sure no one is harmed by the research, including gamete donors who might not like their embryos used for research.

Some scientists, such as Kevin Eggan at Harvard, were disappointed that NIH didn't open the door to the use of embryos created for research purposes — including through somatic cell nuclear transfer (cloning) and parthenogenesis (from an unfertilized egg).

Stem cell researchers call them «a major step in the right direction,» although some were disappointed that NIH didn't open the door to the use of embryos created for research purposes — including through somatic cell nuclear transfer (cloning) and parthenogenesis (from an unfertilized egg).

The committee was often in the news for its outspoken reports, including those focusing on embryo research, terrorism, and open - access publishing.

Zebrafish have emerged as an important vertebrate model for cardiovascular research for a number of reasons, including the ability to regenerate its heart if damaged, and because the transparency of the embryos allows easy observation of internal processes like blood vessel development.

Pro-embryo groups and others, including two scientists who study adult stem cells, argued that the NIH guidelines violated the Dickey - Wicker Amendment, a 16 - year - old law banning federal funds for «research in which... embryos are destroyed.»

In a 16 February letter to Shalala, eight Republican senators, including Sam Brownback of Texas and Jesse Helms of North Carolina, expressed their fear that this research might «give incentives for the killing of human embryos.»

The Bush council included six members (Michael Sandel, Janet Rowley, William F. May, James Q. Wilson, Michael Gazzaniga, and Elizabeth Blackburn) who favored the production of human embryos for biomedical research in which they would be destroyed in the effort to obtain pluripotent stem cells.

Their research, the scientists suggest, indicates that the adult mouse pituitary includes two similar — but not identical — types of hormone - producing cells: some that grew in the developing embryo, and some that appeared later.

Every year since 1996, the US Congress has included language in its budget bills prohibiting the use of taxpayer money for «research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death.»

The Republican Party platform includes opposing even private funding for research on surplus embryos, which is currently allowed.

The problem with this process is that the gamete donors are not always completely aware of all the possible uses, or dispositions, for the embryos, which are numerous and include hESC research, donation to other patients, or destruction.

States that prohibit research on cloned embryos include Arkansas, Indiana, Michigan, North Dakota and South Dakota.

But MPs including Gordon Brown and David Cameron, who both have young children with severe medical conditions, agreed on a free vote that the benefits of stem cell research using embryos were such that experiments, including the use of human admixed embryos, should be allowed.

Most recently, in February 2003, Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, and others introduced legislation that would expand research options by allowing cells to be newly isolated from embryos, including cloned embryos — those created for research purposes only and not through fertilization.

A new law signed on 23 September 2002 by Governor Gray Davis specifically allows research on embryos, including the use of cloned embryos.

Taken together, our results, along with the data of other research teams [6], suggest that the well - documented developmental alterations observed in mice, rat, sheep and cattle after embryo IVC manipulation can probably be extended to most eutherian mammals, including humans.

His current research interests include developing morphologic and biologic markers of embryo viability in order to enable single embryo transfer and avoid multiple pregnancies; optimizing preimplantation genetic testing; and deriving human embryonic stem cell lines.

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The range of experiences includes pet bird / exotic animal practice, zoo animal practice, intensive food animal operations, embryo transfer, and governmental and private pharmaceutical laboratory research.

Indeed, to protect women from economic and scientific exploitation, and in deference to the moral and political ambiguity that embryos carry with them, no nation allows the unrestricted commodification of embryos, and some, including Germany, have bans on destroying embryos for research purposes.

Yet despite the availability of this alternative, embryo - destroying stem cell research continues to this day; the moral pressure on the scientific community has not been adequate to keep scientists from pursuing all available avenues of research, including those that require the destruction of embryos.