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Embryology

Written question asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench) on Wednesday, 4 November 2009, in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Drayson (Labour) on Wednesday, 4 November 2009.

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answers by Lord Young of Norwood Green on 22 October (WA 89–90), which future projects involving provision of eggs to research in exchange for payment of in vitro fertilisation treatment costs are expected to benefit from a study of participants' experiences.

Answer

Since making the award for the research project "Improving the efficiency of human somatic cell nuclear transfer" to the University of Newcastle, the MRC has not funded further projects involving similar work. The MRC stated, when making this award, that it should not establish a precedent for other cases. In assessing any proposals to the MRC that may involve such research in future, the MRC's Council, and its Ethics, Regulation and Public Involvement Committee, will take account of the findings of the MRC-funded social science study as well as the outcomes of other high-quality work in this area.

Type
Written question
Reference
714 c59WA; 5976
Session
2008-09
Embryology
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Written questions
House of Lords
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