UK government green-lights hybrid embryo research
In a rare move of clear-eyed sanity, the British government has given scientists provisional permission to create non-viable human/animal hybrid embryos - for research purposes. Apparently surveys discovered that - once the actual limits and realities of the science were explained - most people were “at ease” with the idea. Perhaps once it’s seen to be safe, attitudes elsewhere may loosen up as well.
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