Research On Early Human Embryos
Research on human embryos can only be performed for specifically defined purposes that must be considered 'necessary and desirable' by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. Research can only be performed on an embryo for a maximum of 14 days o until the primitive streak appears. The genetic composition of any cell within the embryo cannot be altered during the embryo's formation for research.
The act defined several purposes :
- Innovations in infertility treatments
- Increasing knowledge regarding miscarriages
- Increasing knowledge of congenital disease
- Developing more effectual methods of contraception
- Generating methods for detecting and identifying gene or chromosomal irregularities in embryos before implantation.
Read more about this topic: Human Fertilisation And Embryology Act 1990
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