Written question asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench) on Thursday, 4 February 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 February 2016. It was answered by Lord Prior of Brampton (Conservative) on Friday, 12 February 2016 on behalf of the Department of Health.
Human Embryo Experiments
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 27 January (HL5039), what specific recommendations the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has made in order to resolve any conflict between the demands of research and the best interests of patients, in particular regarding (1) a demand for sufficient numbers of human embryos at the single-celled zygote stage in order successfully to perform genome editing by means of CRISPR-Cas9, and (2) the usual practice of transferring embryos to the uterus after assessing their potential to develop further after either two to three days or five to six days.
- Answer
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The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that it requires, through its Code of Practice, that embryo donors will be recruited in a manner compliant with standard licence conditions. These conditions prevent conflict between the demands of research and the best interests of patients.
Secondary information
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- HL5909
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- 2015-16
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- Subjects
- Human embryo experiments Donors Embryology Embryos
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