Re: Same-*** couples could create children

On Apr 17, 4:23=EF=BF=BDpm, "kd8ctl" <KB9RQZ@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > By Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent
> > Last Updated: 2:26am BST 15/04/2008
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> > =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BDA scientific technique that could allow
sam=
e-*** couples to create
> > their own biological child in a laboratory should be allowed under
law, =
a
> > group of influential scientists said on Monday.
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> > =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BDThe experts, all international leaders in
e=
mbryology research, called
> > on ministers not to restrict such "im****tant" research.
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> > =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BDThe laboratory creation of eggs and sperm
f=
rom other cells could
> > offer
> > hope to thousands of people unable to have children of their own.
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> > =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BDAlthough the creation of both sperm and
egg=
s in a laboratory is still
> > at an early stage, the Hinxton group, made up of 40 world-renowned
> > experts,
> > estimates that the procedure could be used to create human foetuses
with=
in
> > 15 years.
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> > =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BDCreating sperm from female instead of
male =
cells could take longer
> > but
> > was still "possible", they said.
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> > =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BDJohn Harris, a member of the group and a
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ofessor of bioethics at
> > the
> > University of Manchester, said that ministers should not impede the
> > research.
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> > =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD"The real ethical issue at the moment is
to=
 ensure that the im****tant
> > scientific research can continue," he said.
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> > =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BDThe call was made after a conference on
eth=
ics and stem cell research
> > and follows the tabling of a Liberal Democrat amendment to the
> > Government's
> > controversial Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, which could
speed=

> > up
> > the use of "artificial" eggs and sperm in fertility clinics.
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> > =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BDThe Bill, as it stands, would prevent
such =
eggs or sperm being given
> > to infertile women. The amendment, which was tabled by Evan Harris MP,
> > would
> > allow the technique to be used in fertility clinics without the need
for=

> > extra legislation.
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> > =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BDJosephine Quintavalle, from Comment on
Repr=
oductive Ethics, a
> > campaign
> > group, said the technique went against the natural reproductive
process
> > and
> > could result in passing genetic fertility problems on to offspring.
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> > =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BDThe idea of babies being created without
a =
biological father was
> > "scary", she added.
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> > Never trust a woman, how can you trust something that bleeds every 28
da=
ys
> > and doesn't die!!!
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Mork wants to have the toad's baby.