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Differentiating between human and non-human interspecies embryos
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Following the debate in the UK House of Lords, in December 2012, uncertainty remains as to the manner in which human and non-human interspecies embryos are differentiated in law.
- Animal Experimentation
- Bills, Laws and Cases
- Embryos and Fetuses
- Chimeras
- Moral Status
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