�MPs take started ballot on a series of reforms to the 1990 embryology pentateuch. The measures which ar part of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) Bill, are aimed at updating laws in business line with scientific advances.
On 19 May MPs voted by 336 votes to 176 in favour of creating animal-human hybrid embryos for exercise in research.
Robert Meadowcroft, Director of Policy at the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign said:
"We welcome the decisions interpreted today by MPs in support of the research aspects of the HFE Bill. We are pleased that a vast number of MPs have realised the importance of using embryonic radical cell research in portion to find cures and treatments for people with devastating and life-limiting diseases such as muscle disease.
"The safeguard amendments within the Bill provide a much needed regulative framework for this full of life research."
Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
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