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发帖数: 473 | 1 comment: Sounds very disgusting. But so far the embryos are only allowed to survive for 14 days before
being destroyed. So it is not evil at all.
【英国被曝秘密培育人兽杂交胚胎引发恐慌】近日，英国《每日邮报》报道称，英国多
家实验室在过去3年中一直秘密进行人兽杂交胚胎的实验，并且已经制造了150多个同时
包含人类和动物基因的杂交胚胎，在政界和学界引起强烈反响，也引发部分民众恐慌。
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humans-produced-secretively-past-years.html
150 human animal hybrids grown in UK labs: Embryos have been produced secretively for the past three
years
By DANIEL MARTIN and SIMON CALDWELL
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Scientists have created more than 150 human-animal hybrid embryos in British laboratories.
The hybrids have been produced secretively over the past three years by researchers looking into possible
cures for a wide range of diseases.
The revelation comes just a day after a committee of scientists warned of a nightmare ‘Planet of the Apes’
scenario in which work on human-animal creations goes too far.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is currently considering whether donors can be paid for
their services
Last night a campaigner against the excesses of medical research said he was disgusted that scientists were
‘dabbling in the grotesque’.
Figures seen by the Daily Mail show that 155 ‘admixed’ embryos, containing both human and animal
genetic material, have been created since the introduction of the 2008 Human Fertilisation Embryology Act.
This legalised the creation of a variety of hybrids, including an animal egg fertilised by a human sperm;
‘cybrids’, in which a human nucleus is implanted into an animal cell; and ‘chimeras’, in which human cells
are mixed with animal embryos.
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Scientists say the techniques can be used to develop embryonic stem cells which can be used to treat a
range of incurable illnesses.
Three labs in the UK – at King’s College London, Newcastle University and Warwick University – were
granted licences to carry out the research after the Act came into force.
All have now stopped creating hybrid embryos due to a lack of funding, but scientists believe that there will
be more such work in the future.
The figure was revealed to crossbench peer Lord Alton following a Parliamentary question.
Research centre: Warwick University has been growing animal human hybrids over the last three years
Last night he said: ‘I argued in Parliament against the creation of human- animal hybrids as a matter of
principle. None of the scientists who appeared before us could give us any justification in terms of
treatment.
‘Ethically it can never be justifiable – it discredits us as a country. It is dabbling in the grotesque.
‘At every stage the justification from scientists has been: if only you allow us to do this, we will find cures
for every illness known to mankind. This is emotional blackmail.
‘Of the 80 treatments and cures which have come about from stem cells, all have come from adult stem
cells – not embryonic ones.
‘On moral and ethical grounds this fails; and on scientific and medical ones too.’
Josephine Quintavalle, of pro-life group Comment on Reproductive Ethics, said: ‘I am aghast that this is
going on and we didn’t know anything about it.
‘Why have they kept this a secret? If they are proud of what they are doing, why do we need to ask
Parliamentary questions for this to come to light?
‘The problem with many scientists is that they want to do things because they want to experiment. That is
not a good enough rationale.’
Test centre: Newcastle University was another site where human animal hybrid testing was being
undertaken
Earlier this week, a group of leading scientists warned about ‘Planet of the Apes’ experiments. They called
for new rules to prevent lab animals being given human attributes, for example by injecting human stem
cells into the brains of primates.
But the lead author of their report, Professor Robin Lovell-Badge, from the Medical Research Council’ s
National Institute for Medical Research, said the scientists were not concerned about human-animal hybrid
embryos because by law these have to be destroyed within 14 days.
He said: ‘The reason for doing these experiments is to understand more about early human development
and come up with ways of curing serious diseases, and as a scientist I feel there is a moral imperative to
pursue this research.
‘As long as we have sufficient controls – as we do in this country – we should be proud of the research.’
However, he called for stricter controls on another type of embryo research, in which animal embryos are
implanted with a small amount of human genetic material.
Human-animal hybrids are also created in other countries, many of which have little or no regulation.
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