First Reported Synthetic Human Embryo Sparks Ethical Concerns, Creates Questions
Current law allows researchers to experiment on human embryos for up to 14 days after fertilization but does not permit further study.
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Bioethicists Deplore Relaxation of 14-Day Limit on Human Embryo Research
‘To experiment on human embryos that are up to 14 days old — extremely vulnerable human lives — is already a grave injustice and a form of exploitation,’ says U.K. scientist.
Research on Human Embryos in an Artificial Womb? Why Recent Experiments Have Ethicists Concerned
On March 17, scientists reported that they had taken fertilized eggs of mice and grew mouse embryos in an artificial uterus for 11 to 12 days, longer than had ever been recorded.
Amid Human Embryo Gene Editing in Oregon, Ethicists Say Procedure Is Immoral
‘Their value as human beings is profoundly denigrated every time they are created, experimented upon, and then killed,’ said priest-scientist.
