Spirituality/Medicine Interface Project

"No" to Embryonic Stem Cells

Authors: Agneta M. Sutton, PHD

Abstract

There are two types of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research: one using embryos left over from in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment, the other using cloned embryos. In the United Kingdom (UK), the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has granted licenses to clone embryos to undertake so-called therapeutic cloning to two institutions: the Newcastle Fertility Centre for Life and the Edinburgh-based Roslin Institute (of renown for having cloned Dolly, the sheep)

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