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Use of animals and embryos containing human material
The study is expected to take 12-18 months and will consider scientific, ethical, social, regulatory and safety aspects of the creation and use of non-human animals and embryos incorporating human material, including public perceptions of such research. Professor Martin Bobrow CBE, who is to lead the multi-disciplinary expert group who are undertaking the study, reportedly said: "We are trying to work out what is reasonable" (see Associated Press news).
The study is supported by the Home Office, the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust (see responses to study launch). The AMS says the final report will serve to ‘reinforce the UK’s lead in developing policy and legislation in challenging areas of medical science that is recognised world-wide’. More information is available from their website.