Scientists are seeking permission to generate human embryonic stem cells to study disease by introducing human genetic material into an animal oocyte ... one of the first experiments to be ...

Japan's government approved a request by scientists to conduct stem-cell experiments to create an animal-human hybrid and allow it to be brought to term. Japan's science ministry last week gave ...

In May 2008 a cross-party attempt to ban hybrid human animal embryos was defeated on a free vote in the House of Commons, by 336 to 176. MPs had been debating the Human Fertilisation and ...

The three Rs are: Reduction, Refinement, Replacement. Animal experiments are not used to show that drugs are safe and effective in human beings - they cannot do that. Instead, they are used to ...