Three laboratories of some prestigious universities in the UK have created 150 embryos resulting from the crossing of human genes with animals. A parliamentary investigation has revealed this fact, showing that hybrid human-animal experiments have led to the initial results expected to be sources of stem cells that can be treated with a range of diseases, write DailyMail.

Laboratories belonging to King's College London, Warwick University and Newcastle University. Laboratories have been licensed to do research in this respect since 2008, all being kept strictly secret. In terms of legal, Britain adopted in 2008 Human Fertilisation Embriology Act, legislation that allows the creation UNR human-animal hybrid type, at the request of scientists who believed that they managed to create a large base of stem cells. Thus, the three laboratories were obtained variety of human-animal hybrids being made by fertilization with human sperm, human implantand a nucleus in a animal cell. The result was the development of human cells mixed with animal embryos.
It all came to light when a group of scientists warned that it may be that these experiments, which can degenerate into a nightmare scenario. Lord Alton, who investigated the case, made public the information discovered during the parliamentary investigation. He said that "none of the researchers interviewed could not give a valid justification in terms of treatment of such experiments with human-animal hybrids." This research has no ethical justification nor plan, nor the medical point of view, and can lead to discrediting the country, he said Lord Alton. Lead author of the parliamentary report, Professor Robin Lovell-Badge of the Medical Reasearch Council, said that in accordance with laws, scientists must destroy embryos in hybrids within 14 days resulted in the investigations.
Work in three research laboratories was stopped temporarily, they do not have sources of funding, yet, some researchers believe that such experiments will continue in the future.

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