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The Newcastle University spokesman said that the research would likely be published in "months rather than weeks." At present, researchers wanting to create such embryos have to apply for a license from the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority, which currently regulates the practice in Britain, and hybrid embryos have to be destroyed after 14 days. The government says that the scientific advantages of allowing the creation of hybrid embryos for research purposes could help millions of people to recover from illness or disease. Religious leaders, however, have argued against the bill, with the leader of Catholics in Scotland, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, using his Easter Sunday sermon to brand the bill a "monstrous attack on human rights, human dignity and human life" which will allow experiments of "Frankenstein proportion". Related Links: Human Fertilization and Embryology Bill |
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