UK: HFEA to consult on use of animal eggs in ES cell research

January 16, 2007

The UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has announced that it will hold a public consultation on the use of animal eggs in human embryo research. The decision follows a meeting held last week, at which the authority considered applications from two teams who want to use rabbit or cow eggs to generate human embryonic stem (ES) cells. (BioNews)