Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority


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Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority

n
(Medicine) an organization set up by act of Parliament (1990) to control and review research involving embryos. It maintains a register of persons whose gametes are used for assisted conception. Abbreviation: HFEA
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London--Britain's Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority decided in mid-July to relax the grounds on which embryos can be created and screened to produce a genetic match of tissue to help a sick sibling and then destroyed.
"Designer babies" and cloning
LONDON -- Britain's Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority last month loosened rules on screening human embryos to allow couples with a sick child to test embryos conceived during fertility treatment and pick one to implant in the woman's uterus that matched the sick child's tissue type.
Embryo screening rules relaxed
The ruling ends a 16-month-long legal battle between Britain's fertility regulator, the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority, and an anti-abortion group that contended such screening could lead to the creation of designer babies for spare body parts.
Embryo screening for sick sibs ok'd by UK court
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