The UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act was given Royal Assent today. That means it is now law.

The Act has been a long time in the making, and has involved a lot of argument. But now it is legal for UK scientists to pursue research using hybrid embryos, among other things.

You can read all about it (if you haven’t done already umpteen times over the past couple of years) here and here.

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