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Biomedical research > Embryo research
The International Society for Stem Cell Research Drops the 14-day Limit on Human Embryo Research
Author / Source : European Institute of Bioethics Published on : Thematic : Biomedical research / Embryo research News Temps de lecture : 3 min.
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 fourteenth day after their fertilisation or after their unfreezing if they were previously frozen. This limit was recommended for the first time by the 1984 Report of the UK governmental Committee of Inquiry into Human Fertilisation and Embryology, also named after the Committee...