UK officially approves breeding of human-animal hybrid embryos for research

the Ukreto Artificial Insemination and Embryology Authority on the 17th formally approved the two research groups to create a hybrid embryo for researchA research team at King's College London and a team from Newcastle University have each been granted a one-year study to start breeding mixed embryos from humans and animals from now on, British media reported WednesdayThe Authority stressed that human and animal embryos developed by the research team could only be used for research purposes, not for clinical treatment or implantation in humans, and that embryos could only be maintained at the initial level and development should not exceed two weeksThe main process of breeding human-animal hybrid embryos is to implant human cells into animal eggs and then clone human embryosMore than 99% of the genetic material in this embryo belongs to humans and can be used to extract embryonic stem cells for research purposesThe team at King's College London, led by scientist Stephen Mingle, wants to develop the hybrid embryo for the study ofdiseases known to be caused by genetic factors
such as Alzheimer's,spinal muscular dystrophy,Parkinson's disease, and other difficultdiseases,;The two research groups submitt
ed their applications to the Ukerine insemination and embryology in November 20062006 During this period
the Authority conducted a public opinion survey understand the public attitude Of the more than 2
000 respondents 61% supported it Separately, , an amendment to the Artificial Insemination and Embryology Bill, which calls for a total ban on human-animal hybrid embryo research, has not been passed in the House of Lords, setting the stage for the UK's artificial insemination and embryology authority to formally approve human-animal hybrid embryo experiments with previous agreements on the Human-Animal Hybrid Embryology Initiative