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Cryopreservation of embryos: Study highlights ethical issues involved in their preservation and inevitable destruction
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Cryopreservation of embryos: Study highlights ethical issues involved in their preservation and inevitable destruction

According to a study published last June, the number of human embryos cryopreserved following artificial reproduction has reached a record level in the UK. Published in The New Bioethics, the study analysed data provided by the UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) between 1991 and 2019. The figures show...
The International Society for Stem Cell Research Drops the 14-day Limit on Human Embryo Research
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The International Society for Stem Cell Research Drops the 14-day Limit on Human Embryo Research

During the last four decades, a period of 14 days was officially accepted as the ethical and legal limit on human embryo research. In other words, scientists were not allowed to pursue research on embryos beyond the...