A hybrid embryo is a mixture of both human and animal tissue. In May 2008 a cross-party attempt to ban hybrid human animal embryos was defeated on a free vote in the House of Commons, by 336 to 176.

New MAIA protein, named after the Greek goddess of motherhood, helps to draw the sperm into the egg cytoplasm for completion of fertilisation Infertility is unexplained in more than half of people who ...

This poignant case tells a sad story, but an instructive one in terms of human rights and the ability of courts to interpret statutes in accordance with these rights under Section 3 of the Human ...

The finding that some genes are active from the get-go challenges the textbook view that genes don't become active in human embryos until they are made up of four-to-eight cells, two or three days ...

The new chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority did not seek a fight, but she is r By Sholto Byrnes “It’s because of loyalty, really, that I don’t talk about orthodoxies of any kind, ...

The Cyclostomata is an ancient group of aquatic colonial suspension-feeders from the phylum Bryozoa. The fact that they have unique placentae has been discovered by researchers at St Petersburg ...

Britain’s fertility regulator decided in principle on Wednesday to allow scientists to create human-animal hybrid embryos for research purposes. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority gave ...

Many of us take the ability to make babies for granted and yet know that for some prospective parents and babies, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - MPs continue debating the Human Fertilisation and Embryology bill on Tuesday. Here are some key facts about the bill: -- The bill updates laws on assisted reproduction treatment and ...

Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker Mudashiru Obasa yesterday said Lagos deserved a law on surrogacy, human fertilisation and other related areas. He spoke during a stakeholders’ meeting on “A Bill ...