Research: New Horizons

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Pharmaceutical Executive

Pharmaceutical Executive, Pharmaceutical Executive-03-01-2001, Volume 0, Issue 0

London, UK-Changes to the law on human embryo research could herald a new era for UK biotech research. The government feared its proposals to allow the cloning of embryos as sources for stem cells for research would be thrown out by the House of Lords-where a powerful body of opinion holds that they represent a slippery slope toward reproductive cloning-but the proposals passed by a surprisingly large majority.