French Attempts to Lessen Rules For Embryo Research
A 2004 amendment to the law made it possible for researchers to gain special dispensation allowing them to use material from superfluous embryos created for in vitro fertilization (IVF) for important projects aimed at understanding or treating serious diseases. Now there is reportedly mounting pressure for the government to create clear regulation allowing such research without the need for legal dispensation.
The argument that a clearer regulatory structure is required to encourage international collaborative research and investment, as well as to clarify the position for French researchers, is sound. However, it remains far from clear how acceptable a change in the law to regularise the use of human embryonic material for medical research will be.
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