Hybrid embryos cross the line, say Churches

by Daniel Blake
Thursday, April 3, 2008

Churches have expressed their regret after researchers at the University of Newcastle announced this week that they had created human-animal hybrid embryos.

University of Newcastle researcher Lyle Armstrong was given the green light to create the embryos by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in January, in a move that angered Catholics.

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales said in a statement on Wednesday, “It does seem extraordinary that the HFEA should have granted a license before there has been a full public and parliamentary debate. the rest