Question
asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by Lord Triesman on 29 October (WA144-5) regarding Medical Research Council expenditure on somatic cell nuclear transfer research, what assessment they have made of work described in Transplantation Proceedings (2006) 38:3103-3108 and Transplantation Proceedings (2007) 39:658-661, and in particular of any costs known to be associated with the work described therein.
Answer
The Medical Research Council (MRC) has not made an assessment of the work described in these recently published papers. Careful and validated research is still needed in this area, which the recent MRC awards to the University of Newcastle aim to address. These issues are a matter for the Medical Research Council and I have asked the MRC's chief executive to write to the noble Lord concerning his request.