Are there any medical or scientific areas that might benefit from research involving the creation of a cloned human embryo?
Would embryo research involving nuclear replacement technology raise any new issues in respect of what may ethically be done within the 14 day period? The suggestion that nuclear replacement may lead to creation of in-vitro stem cells is speculative and not based on evidence. It is becoming apparent that the key genes involved in the control of development are conserved across the species, and animal work is likely to yield valuable data applicable to humans. Furthermore as our understanding of these genes advances, it may well be that differentiated cells could be induced to de-differentiate and then form primitive stem cells with subsequent development into different directions without the need for cloning. There is no justification for arguing that the basic research needs to be done on human embryos 7.6 Would any of the potential applications of nuclear replacement, some of which are exemplified above, that would not result in cloned fetuses or babies raise any new ethical concerns
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