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High Court asked to stop animal-human hybrid experiments
The Christian Legal Centre (CLC) has gone to the High Court in a bid to halt research by two universities using animal-human hybrids.The CLC yesterday filed papers at the High Court seeking Judicial Review over the recent decisions by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to grant licences for research into degenerative diseases using animal-human hybrids.
The decision comes after Newcastle University last week claimed to have created the first animal-human embryo and the HFEA this week licensed King’s College London to conduct similar research.
The legal challenge has been filed on the grounds that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 does not allow licensing of animal-human hybrid embryos but rather contains a prohibition on the creation of such embryos. The CLC believes, therefore, that no licence can be granted by the HFEA and that the HFEA acted beyond its powers.
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